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Robbie Williams to reprise role as a chimp in Better Man 2 despite film flopping in US

Robbie Williams has said he would reprise his role as a chimp in a Better Man sequel - despite the biopic flopping at the box office in the US when it was released

Robbie Williams is a chimp in his biopic (Image: Paramount Pictures/Better Man AU Pty Ltd. All Rights Reserved)The biopic covers Robbie's life up until 2003, including his three massive gigs at Knebworth, which were reportedly done to annoy Oasis, who only performed two. Director Michael Gracey explained the choice of a CGI chimp to depict Robbie, saying he always "felt like a performing monkey". The Academy stated that the track bore too much resemblance to 'I Got a Name' from the 1973 movie 'The Last American Hero', leading to its ineligibility as it "incorporates material from an existing song that was not written for the film".

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