Robbie Williams wants to make a sequel to ‘Better Man’.
Robbie Williams wants a sequel to Better Man
The former Take That singer’s early years and struggles with fame are documented in the musical biopic and though it has performed poorly at the box office, the 50-year-old star is hopeful he will get the chance to make another movie because he still has a lot of stories to tell.
He told Australian DJ Sean Brown: “There is so much that didn’t make the movie. Only because we couldn’t fit it in – not because I was too embarrassed or ashamed to put it in… many stories. It would have had to be a five-hour film to fit everything in.
“And hopefully it does good and there is a ‘Better Man 2’.”
In the movie, Robbie is depicted by a CGI chimp but he was against the idea at first because he wanted to play himself.
He said: “I am an actor. I’ve acted at being a pop star for the last 30-plus years. It is what I do.”
The ‘Angels’ hitmaker – who has Teddy, 12, Charlie, 10, Coco, six, and four-year-old Beau with wife Ayda Field – wasn’t afraid to address his struggles with addiction and mental health problems in the film, and his eldest child “sneaked in” to a screening of ‘Better Man’.
But Robbie believes seeing his struggles play out on the screen will have finally made Teddy understand that fame isn’t always a good thing.
He said: “She’s the child that wants to be famous the most – way more than I did. It’s terrifying.
“I tried to explain to her, ‘It doesn’t fix you’. But she won’t listen to me, of course.
“After the film, she was like, ‘Daddy, can I walk around the garden with…
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