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Better Man: see Robbie Williams as a CGI monkey in first trailer for biopic
Bizarre but critically acclaimed film from director Michael Gracey is set for a Christmas Day release
His new film follows Williams – played by actor Jonno Davies via motion capture technology – as he goes from a fractious childhood to boy-band success with Take That and then solo superstardom: 11 of his 12 studio albums topped the UK charts, as did three greatest hits compilations, and he holds the record for the most Brit awards, with 13. With Williams speaking in voiceover, the trailer shows off Gracey’s knack for a song-and-dance number with shots of a vast sequence under Christmas lights in London’s Regent Street – as well as a breezy, very Williams-ish attitude to bad language. Other reviews have also been positive, with Variety writing: “Against all odds, that gimmick works, distinguishing the project from so many other cookie-cutter pop-star hagiographies … if you want to see a chimp doing coke with Oasis, or getting a fateful hand job in front of manager Nigel Martin Smith [played by Damon Herriman], this is your movie.”
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