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Here’s Why Robbie Williams Is a Monkey in 'Better Man'
The lofty $110 million production charts the life and career of famous British pop star Robbie Williams, employing the cutting-edge Weta digital FX to represent Williams as a tuxedo-dressed monkey. While jarring and hard to accept from the onset,
Former Take That singer Robbie Williams shows it's hard out here for chimp in new film, 'Better Man'
But unlike other biopics, Williams and director Michael Gracey came up with a novel twist that has Williams being played by a computer-generated monkey.
Movie Review: Robbie Williams has always lived to entertain. In 'Better Man,' he's still doing it
Robbie Williams may not be familiar to many in the United States, but in his native Britain, he became a huge pop star, performing to adoring crowds and making 14 No. 1 singles.
How Hugh Jackman Inspired the New Robbie Williams Biopic
Michael Gracey reveals the unlikely origin story for ‘Better Man,’ which opens the Palm Springs International Film Festival on January 2.
How ‘Better Man’ Turns Robbie Williams Into a Singing and Dancing Chimp
Wētā VFX supervisor Luke Millar discusses turning Robbie Williams into a performing monkey for Michael Gracey's biopic.
Review: Robbie Williams literally goes ape in ‘Better Man,’ his otherwise conventional musical biopic
I’m not kidding. And neither are “Better Man” subject Robbie Williams nor the film’s director Michael Gracey. This rise, fall and very fast 12-step recovery saga of the English singing sensation few Americans know presents Williams as a CG chimpanzee.
Better Man: musical biopic of Robbie Williams as performing monkey will entertain you
I can remember the mixed feelings I experienced as a teenager in 1997, buying Life Thru A Lens – my first Robbie Williams album – cautious it was too poppy to sit with my humble-but-growing CD collection of artists that would later be known as Britpop.
Robbie Williams talks about portraying himself in 'Better Man'
Robbie Williams reveals that he did some of the motion capture work to play himself in the biopic 'Better Man.' He also tells Alexandra Heilbron about the strange reactions some audiences have while watching the film.
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Robbie Williams: 'I’ve been a cheeky monkey all my life'
I’ve been a cheeky monkey all my life ... a human story but if you’re watching it and someone’s playing Robbie Williams, you’re thinking: Does he look like him? Does he act like him?
Robbie Williams Responds to His Song Being Dropped From 2025 Oscars Shortlist
Robbie Williams‘ film biopic Better Man (Paramount Pictures) was released in cinemas globally, telling the story of the ...
“Jump In and Learn How to Swim After”: Robbie Williams, Andra Day and the Songwriter Roundtable
Andrew Watt, Camille and Andrew Wyatt also discuss their dream collaborators, spirit animals and whether writing film music ...
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Robbie Williams Never Broke the U.S. Can His Biopic?
In the new movie “Better Man,” he’s played by a CGI monkey. By Simran Hans Reporting from London When Michael Gracey thinks of Robbie Williams, “I think showman,” he said. Gracey ...