Hugh Jackman’s Robbie Williams Fan: How did the actor make a better man

Allow Robbie to ‘Connect you’ Better Man, Michael Grace’s biographical film dedicated to British star Robbie Williams.

Written and directed by The Greatest Showman, the filmmaker, the feature film tells the story of a British singer and composer without filtering and concession. Quite a rare case of biography. Another rare fact is that the hero is a monkey. (And we explain why here.)

Better Man follows a young Robert who grows in Northern England, fascinated by the dreams of his father’s glory, which soon leaves the house to continue his passion. Spent with a grandmother’s love, Robbie will become a real showman and a world star. Now in an international image, he will have to cope with the challenges that he prepares for success, glory, and life himself.

Why this title?

The title refers to the song “A better manReleased in 1998 on Robbie Williams’s second studio album, “I was waiting for you.” The star wrote a song at a time when he fought his inner demons, including issues of attitude and insecurity after leaving Take That. An introspective ballad that shows the artist’s more vulnerable side and that perfectly fits Michael Grace’s film.

The feature film really tells the story of the star’s life, without the expulsion of demons and shortcomings from childhood. A true introspective film. When promoting A better manWe were able to talk to Robbie Williams.

The latter told us about the difficulty of reviewing these sometimes difficult parts of his life: “Many films are basically the most traumatic thing that has ever happened and it’s incredibly causing me.

During this trip, at some points, I got rid of it.

It has to be said that Robbie Williams was unable to go to the pitch because of the Covid pandemic, so she discovered the film after completion. He adds our microphone: The director of Michael Grace, The Greatest Showman, who had great success, gave me the opportunity to make this film without interrupting him. I didn’t chose music, I didn’t chose songs. I spoke to Michael Grace for almost 20 hours. And he joined the story and many scenarios are what I said. “

Thus, the Australian director became a star speaker. He wrote a film with Olivier Cole on the very long interview he received with Robbie Williams. The interview that also caused a misunderstanding that eventually created a better person.

A film born as a result of misunderstanding

In May 2023 Michael Grace explained the site Term That he met Robbie Williams in 2016 when he worked on his musical The biggest showman. In this movie, Hugh Jackman is playing American showman, politician and businessman PT Barnum.

The filmmaker specifies the press set: “Whenever Hugh mentioned Pt Barnum, he said,” Like Robbie Williams. ” There will be his showman, musicality, or any aspect of his performance Robbie Williams has always been his northern star.“

Robbie Williams has always been Hugh Jackman’s northern star

As Hugh Jackman The movie needed to calm down, Michael Grace went to Los Angeles to meet Robbie Williams. The director recalls: “He listened to the songs and saw that he liked it, so I asked him to shoot a clip for Hugh. I think Hugh loved to listen to the greatest showman. ”

But at the end of the interview, Robbie Williams thought that Michael Grace was going to offer her title in her film. He was also relieved Term In 2023:“I thought during the whole process he was asking me to be the protagonist of the film. He used to make music, tell me the whole story, and the stories of the stories, and in my head, I felt like: ‘Yes, I will do it.’

With our microphone, an interpreter‘Angels Adds: “Michael came to my house to ask for help and I thought his favor would be: “Do you want to play the main showman?” But in fact, his friendliness was convincing Hugh Jackman on the songs. I was devastated. But I did it. ”

In 2019, Robbie Williams even invited Hugh Jackman to the concert Angels With him on the scene of the London concert.

This misunderstanding still gave Michael Grace’s idea to make a film focused on incredible life. Robbie Williams. The director explains: “His history was unthinkable. This is the story of raising popularity, but what makes it really interesting was how it was blooming. He remembers the details well.

So I said to him, “You have to write these stories.” At the time I didn’t know why it was, but I told him that then, when I was going to see him, I would have to talk about it. And that’s what we’ve done for 18 months. There has always been an anchor where the narrator, the artist in it, loved the story of his life, and we were perceived in a very informal way.“

A better man You can see in the movie theater.