Robbie Williams On Why ‘Better Man’ Depicts Him As “Cheeky Monkey”

Robbie Williams The hope that he is portrayed as another species will help audiences see his humanity.

ignoble Michael Gracey– Hemed music biopic Better Menpremiering December 25 in cinemas, the story of the 18x Brit Award winner is told through actors John Daviesin the form of a CGI chimpanzee, as Williams explains “MO has gone rogue.”

“What’s worse than an angry monkey?” he said to that Associated Press. “I’ve been a cheeky monkey all my life. There’s no more clever monkey than the coke-snorting, sex-loving monkey we find in the movies.

Williams added, “We care about animals more than we care about humans, most of us. I think there’s a disconnect, too. It’s a very human story but if you watch it with someone playing Robbie Williams, you think: Does he look like him? Does he act like him? Why does he talk like he does?”

The Take That alum previously told Deadline referring to his primate avatar as “very special magic tricks,” explains, “It desensitizes and sensitizes you all at the same time. We have empathy and compassion for animals, more so than humans. “

Gracey also told Deadline how the idea came about portray Williams as a chimp after interviewing him several times over a year. “I just feel there is a more creative way to enter this special story,” he said about Better Men compared to other musical biopics.

“So I went back to that recording, and when I listened to it, I found Rob often said that he was just dragged to perform, like a monkey, or it didn’t matter,” Gracey said. “He was just running around like a monkey. And he said enough times that I was like, ‘Oh, that’s how he sees himself. He literally sees himself as a show monkey.’ And I thought, ‘That would be amazing; I want to see that movie.’ That’s where the idea comes from.