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Se tulee siitä, kun Williams on vuosikausien ajan sanonut näkevänsä itsensä jonkinlaisena sirkusapinana. Sen lisäksi mm. loistava "Me and my Monkey" -kappale kertoo hänestä itsestään kokaiinipöllyissä ja apina on siinä se sekoileva osa persoonallisuutta.Lisätään vielä, että ainakin minulle jäi täysin epäselväksi mitä tuolla apinahahmolla haluttiin sanoa. Jos sillä oli joku oleellinen pointti, mitä yritettiin alleviivata, se meni minulta ohi. Viittaako kenties sirkuseläimeen? Häkkieläimeen (ei saqnut vapaasti tehdä mitä haluaa) vai johonkin muuhun?
Robbie Williams explains why he's a monkey in his new movie
Better Man tells the story of Robbie Williams' life, with him portrayed by a CGI monkey.
For a year and half, Williams and Gracey had been sending messages back and forth, discussing a possible film musical based on his life.
"There have been a lot of musical biopics," says Gracey. "I wanted to come at this with a different lens.
"Quite often Rob will say, 'I'm just like a performing monkey' or 'I'm up the back like a performing monkey'.
"It just sparked this idea of, we've got this chance to tell this story, not from the perspective of how we see Rob, but how he sees himself.
"And so I pitched the idea to Rob. I said, 'You know, if you were to be an animal, how would you see yourself?'"
Williams takes up the story: "I was looking for some self-worth at the time and I was like, 'I am a lion'. And he just cocked his head and went, 'Mmmm.'
"I went, 'Monkey?'
"And he went, 'Yeah, so here's the idea.' And before the end of the sentence was out of his mouth, I'm like, 'Yes, that, that, that, please'."
