In Better Man – The Robbie Williams Story, the character who represents the singer and songwriter is a primate made using computer graphics
Singer and songwriter who was part of musical groups such as Take That and Helping Haiti, Robbie Williams premieres his own biopic, titled Better Man – The Robbie Williams Storyin which his character is a CGI monkey (that’s right, you didn’t read it wrong).
It is worth remembering how the production, directed by Michael Gracey and written by Simon Gleeson, Oliver Cole and Graceyis semi-autobiographical and should debut in Brazilian cinemas on February 6, 2025. In an interview with The One Showthe artist spoke about the unusual creative decision to cast him as a monkey – and it was the director’s idea.
At a certain point, the presenter Lauren Laverne told the singer how “any number of wonderful actors could have played” him, and questioned why that wasn’t the decision he made. Better Man took.
“Good, Jonno Davies is the actor behind the CGI chimp – who does a remarkable and incredible job,” he said. Robbie Williams. “Why did this happen? I love eccentricity, I love unusual and I love surreal – and it made perfect sense to me as soon as [Gracey] introduced me to this. I don’t know if this film would be as talked about if it didn’t have the monkey.”
Then, Lavernewho has already seen the film, agreed with the choice: “And it happens, and it does. And it all makes sense when you see it. In about 10 minutes you think: ‘Of course! Perfect!'” Then, Michael Gracey added, “You see more of Rob in the monkey than you would if it were an actor playing him.”
Source: Rollingstone
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