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Better Man: musical biopic of Robbie Williams as performing monkey will entertain you

I can remember the mixed feelings I experienced as a teenager in 1997, buying Life Thru A Lens – my first Robbie Williams album – cautious it was too poppy to sit with my humble-but-growing CD collection of artists that would later be known as Britpop.

The Conversation

“Never Seen Anything Like That”: Robbie Williams Slammed For Blaming Fan For Mistake At NYE Gig

"You made me come in in the wrong place," Robbie told a fan during his New Year's Eve performance in Sydney. The post “Never Seen Anything Like That”: Robbie Williams Slammed For Blaming Fan For Mistake At NYE Gig first appeared on Bored Panda.

Bored Panda

Robbie Williams makes Ozempic joke as singer compares his bottom to Better Man co-star

Robbie Williams made a joke about Ozempic as the singer compared the size of his bottom to his Better Man co-star Jonno Davies.

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Better Man director Michael Gracey on making a monkey out of Robbie Williams for his new biopic

The Australian filmmaker on telling Williams’ lifestory with a CGI chimp, the toxic nature of fame and how the former Take That star saved his debut feature film The Greatest Showman

Evening Standard

Inside the wild Robbie Williams biopic: ‘It’s sad seeing the monkey do cocaine’

IN FOCUS: The unexpectedly brilliant ‘Better Man’ dives into the rise, fall and rise again of one of Britain’s greatest pop stars… who is depicted as an anthropomorphic chimpanzee. Adam White speaks to its director Michael Gracey about monkeys, mayhem and why Robbie was nervous about Gary Barlow seeing the…

The Independent UK

Robbie Williams reveals Gary Barlow’s reaction to Better Man that led to script being changed

‘I can understand how it could be hard for Gary,’ said ‘Angels’ singer

The Independent UK

The Robbie Williams chimpanzee biopic Better Man works far more than you might think

4/5 It’s not a gimmick to have the former Take That member embodied by a ‘performing monkey’ in his new movie – and this film doesn’t shy away from the star’s trauma, addictions or penchant for self-sabotage

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Robbie Williams biopic Better Man and Boy Swallows Universe lead 2025 Aacta award nominations

Netflix adaptation of Trent Dalton’s novel lands 22 nominations, the most in Aacta history, while Williams’ Melbourne-made biopic sets new record for film with 16 nominations

The Guardian - AU

Robbie Williams makes admission about ‘unusual’ casting choice in new biopic about his life

‘It made complete sense to me as soon as it was pitched to me,’ singer said

The Independent UK

Better Man: how to watch, trailer, cast and everything we know about the Robbie Williams movie

The director of The Greatest Showman takes on a Robbie Williams biopic, with the British pop star portrayed as a monkey.

WhatToWatch

Pharrell as a Lego and Robbie Williams as a chimp? Music biopics get creative

Many of the expected conventions of music biopics are present in “Piece by Piece,” about the producer-turned-pop star Pharrell Williams, and “Better Man,” about the British singer Robbie Williams

The Independent UK

Robbie Williams biopic bursts to life as mini Take That filmed dancing on London streets

Filming for the Robbie Williams biopic 'Better Man', directed by The Greatest Showman’s Michael Gracey, is set to be a 'musical fantasy'

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