#chimp robbie williams

[hannah-lou]

Obsessed with him in a suit! 🙊😜

[ape-apocalypse]

I've already joked that Better Man is an alternate universe where Caesar became of music legend but it turns out, the same WETA FX that works on the reboot movies made the ape graphics for this Robbie Williams biopic. And they will feature the same motion capture technology that the POTA films used, with actor Jonno Davies as the starring ape.

"You will see a monkey bleach its hair. You will see a monkey party with Oasis. You will see a monkey do unreasonable amounts of cocaine, stick a heroin needle in between the fur of its arm, and drive headlong into opposing traffic while shouting a pop song at the top of its monkey lungs."

This will be a far different ape than we've seen from POTA or even King Kong. The film seems to be a very straight-forward telling of this musician's life - just that he's a chimp. So no ape mannerisms - no knuckle walking, no hooting, no swinging through the trees - just an super star ape singing and doing drugs.

[spending-life-pretending]

guys I (american, never heard of robbie williams until three months ago and then listened to “candy” and was like ‘oh yeah I know that one’) did in fact just watch the robbie williams chimpanzee biopic and I genuinely feel I will never be the same. this is an inflection point in my life. there is no way to explain this movie to anyone who hasn’t seen it. no one else cares. they have to see it to understand but they won’t because they won’t care until they see it. robbie williams and his nefarious team of filmmakers have made me a cassandra in my own house; I bear cursed knowledge none will ever know.

[all-seeing-ifer]

and if anyone thinks i'm perhaps being a little insane about the robbie williams chimp biopic. well first of all i've spent the last 18 months being sick in the head about the angel season 4 cordelia chase plotline. and still am. which is worse. also i think if you'd seen a cgi chimp snort the amount of cocaine that's the reason robbie williams can't remember anything from 2000-2004 you'd be feeling a little crazy too

[mr-scandinavian]

Been thinking about using this clip in this context for about a month, and I finally got to it

[thedogsleg]

Everynight my dad makes us watch the office and then puts on the one show

[politicalprocrastinator]

you don't need to know who robbie williams is to enjoy the monkey movie but if you do you will be blown away by just how a cgi chimp can mimic his exact facial expressions

[copperbadge]

Robbie Williams produced a biopic about his life and in true mad "he'd do such numbers on Tumblr" fashion, he made it so weird.

Rather than have a series of actors play him or put one actor in age up/down makeup, he went ham on it, and the part of Robbie Williams is played by a CGI anthropomorphic chimp. Which is just....very him (complimentary).

I very rarely go to see movies in the cinema because as it turns out focusing on only one thing in a darkened public room is somewhat incongruous with the ADHD, but I might make an exception.

[firespirited]

Robbie Williams has always been aware of the fourth wall. He has that Bo Burnham sixth sense of the audience. He's been so self aware since his mid twenties that he talks like he can pre-hear his words filtered back at him by an editor happy with a money shot moment, by the tabloids cherry picking the quotes, an uncomfortable smirk on his face as each word lands as he expected it to like he's hearing echoes.

The man has a beyond choreographed, over-thought, over-media-savvy demeanour forged by being so incredibly visible and having to orchestrate his image. The very careful rascal pushing at the boundaries without losing your attention or affection.

It makes sense for him to be played by a CGI chimp, Robbie Williams has been a construct of a construct of authenticity since he was a kid. Which is not to say that Williams isn't real just that he's existed in a hall of mirrors so long he knows how to make eye contact with them all and it's uncanny.

The monkey forces a remove and brings back the human essense of this biopic. It makes us reconsider the overly exposed man.

I don't like musicals much and really don't like biopics that force a hero's journey framework on to lives that aren't at all that linear.

However, Better Man finds it's 'rise and fall and rise again' story by doing 1990-2001* and not his still eventful career and personal life in the past twenty years.

*there are songs from after 2001 used to score the film and likewise the Knebworth concerts were in 2003 but the film's arc ends with the Swing When You're Winning era.

The conceit of the monkey works: it feels authentic, it winks at itself. It knows that it's a mix and match jukebox film that's slightly out of order on events and very out of order for what songs were written when

... but it makes emotional sense. It makes more emotional sense than a straight documentary where where any interview with Robbie has five layers of irony and fame-meta bouncing off him.

It works whether you know him or not because it feels honest in its artifice. The core story is real.

The film has realistic scenes of drug use, self harm, suicidal ideation and some gruesome metaphorical-made-real fight scenes.

I get the sense that RW has been able to be so raw about this time in his life and still seem open despite being a very private person because this is a part of his life that hasn't belonged to him for a while, played out by a facet of himself. In many ways he's not even the same man.

It's hard to explain. Like, most biopics and documentaries about British celebs have a whole section about the shock of fame and the shock of the tabloids.

RW doesn't. He wanted fame for sure, and he saw the tabloids and their narratives coming. It was even part of his self harm to see himself in print being a mess. His relationship to himself partly played out in what he let the press, the music and the fandom reflect of him. I guess I *hope* he's not the same man and has a self that's entirely separate with his wife and kids that's none of our business.

Monkey film is worth watching as a human story and maybe as a warning to avoid chasing views, likes, etc instead of enjoying your craft.

[ofapesandmen]

Of Apes And Men — Masterlist

last updated: 22/1/25

—★ Finished:

ROTPOTA:

NSFW HCs - (ao3 link)

Koba

Makers Marked- drabble [watersports, humiliation, hate sex] (tumblr link) (ao3 link)

Better - drabble [threesome, cucking, double penetration] (tumblr link) (ao3 link coming soon)

Red

Ride the Donkey - oneshot [size difference, dubcon, m/m] (ao3 link)

KOTPOTA:

Oda

Dating Oda - headcanons [human reader, ape reader, sfw, nsfw] (tumblr link) (ao3 link)

Proximus Caesar

Good Boy - drabble [praise, power dynamics, m/m] (tumblr link) (ao3 link)

Through Flesh - drabble [painplay, nipple piercings] (tumblr link) (ao3 link)

Lightning

Before the Thunder - multichapter [voyerism, hate sex] (ao3 link)

1960'S POTA:

Dr Cornelius

Due for a Thorough Probe - drabble [medicalplay, petplay, prostate milking, m/m] (tumblr link) (ao3 link)

Better Man 2024:

(chimp) Robbie Williams

Bathroom Encounters - drabble [sex with strangers, blowjob] (tumblr link) (ao3 link coming soon)

Better Kingdom AU:

PopEagle(xreader)

Bed Lessons - multichapter [sex with strangers, pseudo-cucking, threesome] (ao3 link)

see what to expect next:

—★ Posting Soon:

Bad Dog, Koba/Reader - oneshot [petplay, bdsm]

—★ Currently Working On:

Bed Lessons chapter 2, Noa/Reader/Robbie - multichapter [pseudo-cucking, threesome]

Spoonful of Sugar, Proximus Caesar/Reader/Anaya - multichapter [love triagle, cucking, threesome]

Caesar SFW & NSFW Alphabet - headcanons

Dating Blue Eyes and Ash, Blue Eyes/Reader/Ash - headcanons [human reader, ape reader, sfw, nsfw]

—★ Next In Line:

Savoury but Sweet, Caesar/FTM!Reader - oneshot [period sex]

New Lovers New Experiences, Blue Eyes/Reader - oneshot [first time]

Warrior's Lesson, Oda/Reader/Anaya - oneshot [pseudo-cucking, threesome]

Sweetness, Dr Cornelius/Reader [fluff, cuddling]

the very long list of future fics:

—★ In The Future:

Non-Reader

Caesar/Koba [hate sex, jealousy]

Rise!Rocket/Caesar [power dynamics, hatesex]

Proximus/Noa/Anaya [dubcon, exhibitionism]

Lightning/Noa [dubcon]

Human Reader

Blue Eyes/Reader [teasing, public]

FTM!Blue Eyes/Reader [heat cycle, cunnilingus]

Ash/Reader [rimming]

Rocket/Stone/Reader [double penetration]

Koba/Stone/Grey/Reader [dubcon, exhibitionism, foursome]

Noa/Anaya/Reader

Anaya/Reader [overstimulation]

Anaya/Reader [edging]

Oda/Proximus/Reader [dubcon, cucking]

Proximus/Reader [petplay]

Proximus/Reader [watersports]

Proximus/Reader [edging]

Proximus/Reader [topping Prox]

Proximus/Reader [genital piercing]

Proximus/Lightning/Sylva/Reader

Proximus/Sylva/Reader [exhibitionism]

Dr Cornelius/Reader [lobotomy, power dynamics]

Ape Reader

Caesar/Reader [cheating, age difference, Reader is dating Blue Eyes]

Rocket/Reader [first heat]

Pre-Dawn!Koba/Reader [fluff, babysitting]

Stone/Reader

Grey/Reader [cheating, Reader is dating Koba]

Spear/Donkey!Reader [hate sex]

Noa/Reader [comfort sex]

Koro/Brat!Reader [age difference, daddy kink]

Anaya/Warrior!Reader

Sona/Reader [childhood best friends]

Oda/Rival!Reader [competition, edging]

Proximus/Royal!Reader [arranged marriage]

Sylva/Reader [size difference]

Lightning/Subordinate!Reader

[vonlipvig]

well that was fucking fantastic holy fucking shit

i don't care that it's a bit late, i'm watching better man NOW

[do-you-have-a-flag]

everybody sit down and watch the Rock DJ group dance number filmed in a series of long takes and featuring Jonno Davies as a CGI chimp version of Robbie Williams

[arealtrashact]

i saw the robbie williams chimp biopic yesterday by myself in an empty theater and when oasis showed up i cheered

Genuinely tickled that you decided to report back to me about it.

[all-seeing-ifer]

wait did nosferatu release in america earlier? (it comes out on new years day here in the uk) that's actually so fucking funny that immediately after christmas america got a remake of a classic horror film from an acclaimed modern horror director and the uk got the robbie williams biopic where robbie williams is a chimp. and well. frankly i wouldn't change it for the world

[oacest]

in celebration of robbie william's chimp movie and the 15 seconds of screentime the gallaghers might get, behold some shenanigans from the aughts

[argumate]

The film tells the life story of singer Robbie Williams, but with Robbie portrayed as a CG-animated anthropomorphic chimpanzee because, as he puts it, he always felt "less evolved than other people." No other character comments on his appearance.

surprisingly good artistic choice I think as the animated chimp does his facial expressions better than he could