A brand new biopic of British pop star Robbie Williams is on the best way wherein he’s portrayed as a monkey. No, actually, a monkey. Watch the trailer under.
Entitled Higher Man, the upcoming movie tells story of the rambunctious rise of Williams. The artist voices himself, although is visually offered as a CGI monkey at some stage in the teaser trailer and, the whole movie as nicely.
“I requested you in the event you have been an animal, how would you see your self? In your individual phrases, you’d consult with being dragged up on stage to carry out like a monkey,” director Micheal Gracey mentioned in a featurette, addressing Williams straight. “I instantly thought portraying you not as we see you, however the way you see your self… I’m going to see you and relate to you in a means that’s going to be extra partaking than one more musical biopic.”
Directed by Gracey, who beforehand helmed The Biggest Showman and the P!NK documentary All I Know So Far, Higher Man additionally has a solid rounded out by Jonno Davies, Steve Pemberton, Damon Herriman, and Raechelle Banno, amongst others. It’s set to display screen in restricted theaters this Christmas (Wednesday, December twenty fifth), with a wider distribution following on January seventeenth, 2025.
Williams has lengthy been recognized for his chaotic public picture, from telling fellow British musician Damon Albert to “take away just a few ribs and provides himself a nosh” to his neighborly feud with Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Web page.
So far as his music profession is anxious, between his time within the pop group Take That and his solo work, Williams is among the finest promoting British artists of all time. In actual fact, no British solo artist has offered extra albums in the UK than Williams. His most up-to-date releases embody his 2020 Christmas album, The Christmas Current, and 2022’s XXV compilation.
