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One Direction鈥檚 鈥渂reak鈥� from next March will give the hit boy band a chance to 鈥減ursue solo careers, act and do all things they haven鈥檛 had time to do over the last five years,鈥� says the journalist who broke the story.

鈥淲hat they鈥檝e wanted to do is go out when they鈥檙e on top,鈥� said The Sun鈥檚 Head of Showbiz Dan Wootton.

鈥淯sually when a band starts to break up it鈥檚 the beginning of the end,鈥� he added, referring to the departure of Zayn Malik in March.

鈥淲ith boy bands you risk getting into diminishing returns.鈥�

Harry Styles was receiving significant interest from Hollywood and people keen to develop his solo career, said Mr Wootton, and there was already talk of Louis Tomlinson having a role in next year鈥檚 X Factor.

鈥淭heir fan base will be waiting to see what they do next.鈥�

鈥淭ake That went away for almost a decade and then came back bigger and stronger.鈥�