Robbie Williams ‘terrified’ of Take That to watch biopic and ‘open old wounds’

Robbie Williamsnew biopic Better person delves into his early fame as part of sensational boy band Take That and his battle with addiction.

Take that founded in 1990 – consisting of Robbie, Gary BarlowHoward Donald, Mark Owen and Jason Orange – and enjoyed six successful years producing hits such as Relight My Fire, Pray and Babe.

But the band originally split in 1996 following the 50-year-old artist’s shocking departure the year before to pursue a solo career, due to various reasons, including a reported feud with Gary.

Better Man, in which Robbie is played by a CGI monkey voiced by Jonno Davies, doesn’t shy away from the messiness of his early career and left him concerned about his former bandmates watching it.

‘(Take That bandmate) Mark (Owen) reached out last week and said, ‘Hey, Rob, me and the guys will all be in town. Can we see a screening of Better Man?” And I thought, ‘Yes. “I would like that,” which of course I would,” he said in a new interview.

But he couldn’t resist voicing his reservations as well.

“I’m terrified because our relationship is so complicated and so healed that going back to the scene of the crime and talking the way I talked as a 17-year-old is bound to open old wounds in people,” he admitted. Term.

And his Take That bandmates aren’t the only controversial characters on screen. The music artist also talked about the emotional reaction of his ex-girlfriend Nicole Appleton, with whom he dated in the late 1990s.

She has already watched the movie with her sister Natalie.

“I FaceTimed them all right after the movie and we all cried together,” he said.

He also doesn’t know how Liam Gallagher will react (Oasis has a troubled history with Robbie) but he is “most concerned” about his father, who doesn’t seem as “charismatic, charming and wonderful” as he is.

Despite his concerns, reception to the film about the hit singer has been positive so far.

The Angels hitmaker appeared in September had to compose himself after a screening called it an “overwhelming” experience.

“It’s a film that’s on the verge of falling apart, but you’ll be surprised how well it holds together,” The Guardian praised, and Deadline agreed that “it really works.”

As he prepares to roll out his film everywhere, he isn’t slowing down on his tours.

The singer may have just wrapped up one tour, but he has already announced more than twenty concerts next summer in Great Britain, Ireland and the rest of Europe.

Meanwhile, Take That has performed in Australia with Sophie Ellis-Bextor.

Better Man arrives in UK cinemas on December 26. The film will be released worldwide on January 17, 2025.

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