Why is Robbie Williams an ape in ‘Better Man’? First off, let’s be clear: Chimpanzees are not monkeys — even if that's the word often used to describe the "Better Man" character.

If it’s true that your age freezes the day you become famous, then the British pop star Robbie Williams is stuck at 16. So he says near the end of “Better Man," the biopic he produced.

To that end, the great ape rocks everything from Williams’ eyebrows to his tattoos. “Michael wanted people to be able to look at Robbie the ape and see Robbie the singer,” Millar said.

If you were into British pop music in the 1990s, you probably know well the boy band hits and solo anthems of one Robbie Williams. Seeing him as a chimpanzee might be a shock.

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Actually, the “monkey man” (ape, really) idea was Robbie Williams’ own. And that motion-capture creation works better in this biopic than you expect, helping emphasize Williams’ own feeling of being a ...

The man responsible for Robbie Williams’ simian visage in Better Man was Visual Effects Supervisor Luke Millar, who joined Jack Tame to discuss the project ...

If you were into British pop music in the 1990s, you probably know well the boy band hits and solo anthems of one Robbie Williams. Seeing him as a chimpanzee might be a shock.