Robbie Williams 'lost millions' because of Queen Elizabeth's death

Robbie Williams had large plans to adjacent down a London landmark for his biopic, but the Queen's decease near him millions of dollars retired of pocket

Robbie Williams' biopic, which is acceptable to beryllium released connected December 26, mislaid "millions of dollars" due to the fact that of the death of Queen Elizabeth.

Director Michael Gracey had arranged to person London's Regent Street closed down for 4 nights truthful helium could movie an elaborate philharmonic fig for 'Better Man' - which depicts the 50-year-old vocalist arsenic a monkey - but his permits were pulled owed to an authoritative play of mourning aft the monarch passed distant successful September 2023 and insurers refused to screen the costs.

Michael told HELLO! magazine: "On the Friday we were feeling precise buoyant, due to the fact that the archetypal nighttime of filming was Sunday night, and we got a telephone from the Crown Estate to archer america that the queen had conscionable died and we wouldn't beryllium shooting due to the fact that there's 10 days of mourning.

"So we mislaid each of the money. There's nary security for the decease of the queen. People volition accidental to you: No, determination is, due to the fact that it's unit majeure, and you say; No, it's not. It's civilian authorization that shuts you down with the decease of the queen, and aft COVID, civilian authorization was capped astatine 250 expansive payouts."

He divulged: "So we mislaid millions of dollars, and it took different 5 months to get backmost connected that street, and we had to rise the wealth again. And each clip I ticker it, I deliberation radical person nary thought however adjacent we came to that not being successful the film."

The 'Greatest Showman' filmmaker admitted adjacent securing the permits successful the archetypal spot was nary casual task, but Robbie's prima powerfulness helped to seal the deal.

He said: “I ever utilized to locomotion down Regent Street and think, this is specified a large thoroughfare to bash a creation fig on, like, Why has nary 1 done it? And past it became precise wide wherefore nary one's done it. Because shutting down that thoroughfare for 4 nights - implicit fastener disconnected - erstwhile it's a autobus way arsenic well, truthful you request to redirect the busses, which seemingly successful London, is conscionable a nary go.

"So we got told nary truthful galore times, but fortunately, the onshore is Crown Estate, and the royals similar Robbie and truthful betwixt Westminster Council and the Crown Estate and the astir unthinkable magnitude of paperwork, we got to unopen it down for 4 nights."

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