Zoe Ball reaches out to Robbie Williams after his 'utterly devastating' Better Man film

Zoe Ball has praised Robbie Williams for his caller flick, Better Man, which is based connected the existent communicative of the star's stratospheric emergence to fame, autumn from grace and each the bits successful between

Zoe Ball has reached retired to Robbie Williams aft watching his much-hyped biopic, Better Man.

The film, which features a CGI monkey arsenic the Take That star, 50, is based connected the existent communicative of Robbie's stratospheric emergence to fame, autumn from grace and each the bits successful between.

Better Man is not released until Boxing Day successful the UK, but aft bagging a sneak preview, Radio 2 star, Zoe, 54, described it arsenic "utterly devastating", admitting it had "triggered each sorts" for her. Taking to Instagram, sharing immoderate artwork from the flick, she wrote: Saw "@robbiewilliams movie Better Man today. Can't halt reasoning astir it. Genius concept. So honest, bombastic, utterly devastating successful places, triggering each sorts. Bravo Robbie, @thejonnodavies, Steve Pemberton, Alison Steadman @visualprostitute and team."

Directed by The Greatest Showman's Michael Gracey, the movie is uniquely told from Robbie's position and follows his travel increasing up successful Stoke to being the youngest subordinate of chart-topping boyband Take That. It besides recalls his clip arsenic a record-breaking solo creator – each portion tackling the hallucinogenic highs and lonely lows that stratospheric fame and occurrence tin bring.

Sounds beauteous modular truthful far, right? Well, what fans whitethorn not beryllium expecting is that the biopic is told done the eyes of a chimp. Featuring a CGI monkey, the trailer begins with Robbie saying: “I cognize what you’re thinking, what’s with the monkey? I'm Robbie Williams, 1 of the biggest popular stars successful the world. But I've ever thought of myself arsenic a small little evolved."

The primate, aka Robbie, is seen initially playing shot arsenic an infant, earlier leaping connected signifier astatine Knebworth, baring his teeth and telling a packed retired assemblage "Your a*s is mine!"

Starring Gavin and Stacey's Alison Steadman and Inside Number 9's Steve Pemberton, who plays Robbie's dad, the movie is produced by the Angels prima and a fig of different Hollywood bigwigs.

Better Man debuted astatine Telluride Film Festival successful September and, according to aboriginal reviews, paints a akin representation to Robbie's statement of the movie aft the vocalist told Rolling Stone UK successful 2022 that it would beryllium “blood & guts and drugs and enactment and portion and stone and rotation and losing yourself and uncovering yourself”.

Reviewing the flick, IndieWire‘s David Ehrlich wrote: “You volition spot a monkey bleach its hair. You volition spot a monkey enactment with Oasis. You volition spot a monkey bash unreasonable amounts of cocaine, instrumentality a heroin needle successful betwixt the fur of its arm, and thrust headlong into opposing postulation portion shouting a popular opus astatine the apical of its monkey lungs.”

Robbie's unsocial casting was antecedently kept nether wraps, with manager Gracey telling Deadline: “As for however we correspond Robbie successful the film, that spot is apical secret. I privation to bash this successful a truly archetypal way. I conscionable privation the assemblage to… think, ‘I’ve ne'er seen this before’."

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