‘Better Man’ Trailer: Robbie Williams Biopic Uses a Singing Monkey as Main Character in ‘Greatest Showman’ Director’s New Musical Movie
variety.comJordan Moreau Robbie Williams fans will go bananas over the trailer for “Better Man” — literally. Paramount released the first trailer for the musical biopic from Michael Gracey, director of “The Greatest Showman,” which uses a CGI monkey as a stand-in for the British pop singer.
Yes, really. “I know what you’re thinking. What’s with the monkey? I’m Robbie Williams. I’m one of the biggest pop stars in the world.
But I’ve always seen myself a little less evolved,” Williams narrates in the trailer. The first look at the musical film appears to be like any other musical biopic about a superstar, but every scene with Williams replaces him with a “Planet of the Apes”-like monkey double.
The trailer shows Williams’ early life growing up and playing soccer, where he’s shown as a monkey wearing clothes. It then gives a highlight reel of Williams performing on stage to packed crowds of screaming fangs, but he’s a screeching ape bearing his tongue and oversized teeth.
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