Robbie Williams talks about 'Better Man,' his time in the British boy band Take That and who is Robbie Williams.

There are moments in “Better Man,” the often thrilling biopic of unabashedly cheeky UK pop star Robbie Williams, where you forget you’re watching a

"Better Man," a biopic themed on the life and career of pop star Robbie Williams, failed to impact audiences in the US and the UK.

Robbie Williams being portrayed as a CGI ape in Better Man could have been a simple gimmick, but it actually has thematic meaning within the story.

And for decades, his persona as the Bad Boy of Pop was intertwined with serious real-life issues including drug and alcohol abuse and extreme depression.Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning.

Better Man' director Michael Gracey’s brassy, audacious and sometimes bonkers biopic shows us that Robbie Williams’ need to entertain was primal. It is borne out through the film's CGI monkey character,

"As you'll no doubt have heard by now", Robbie Williams is portrayed in this biopic – directed by The Greatest Showman's Michael Gracey – as an ape, said Patrick Cremona in Radio Times. "More specifically",

Robbie Williams Reacts to Being Portrayed by CGI Chimpanzee (Exclusive) Robbie Williams chats with ET’s Cassie DiLaura about his unconventional biopic, ‘Better Man,’ which follows the British pop star’s rise in '90s boyband Take That,