War photographer Paul Conroy does not believe he and Sunday Times war correspondent Marie Colvin “took completely foolish risks”, he has said while promoting new Hollywood film A Private War about her life.

Conroy was with Colvin in Homs, Syria on 22 February 2012 when the makeshift media centre they were in was targeted in a rocket attack by regime forces.

Colvin and French photographer Remi Ochlik were killed in the blast which also seriously injured Conroy. He managed to escape Homs after several day, documenting his experience in book and documentary Under The Wire.