Interviews With "Better Man" Director/Co-Writer Michael Gracey & Star Robbie Williams

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

"Better Man" had its world premiere at the 2024 Telluride Film Festival, where it received positive reviews for its elaborately staged and choreographed musical sequences from director Michael Gracey ("The Greatest Showman") and the raw honesty with which global pop star Robbie Williams allowed his story to be told (all the while being portrayed on-screen by a CGI monkey nonetheless). Gracey and Williams were both kind enough to spend some time speaking with Daniel Howat and Dan Bayer, respectively, about their work on the film, which you can listen to below. Please be sure to check out the film, which is now playing in theaters from Paramount Pictures and is up for your consideration for this year's Academy Awards in all eligible categories, including Best Visual Effects. Thank you, and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture and listen to this podcast ad-free Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You were listening to The Next Best Picture podcast, and this is Dan Baer's interview with the star,
0:06.1	songwriter, and voiceover narrator for better man, Robbie Williams, followed by Daniel Howitt's
0:12.1	interview with the film's director and co-writer Michael Gracie.
0:15.6	I'm Robbie Williams. I'm one of the biggest pop stars in the world.
0:21.6	This is my story, but I'm not going to tell it in an ordinary way,
0:25.6	because I don't see myself how others see me.
0:28.6	In the next two hours, your ass is mine!
0:33.6	To be honest, I've always been a little less evolved.
0:36.6	I don't want to rock.
0:38.3	So let's take it from the top, shall we?
0:40.3	I sit away.
0:43.3	My dad was well enamored by the stars of the day.
0:47.3	You can't learn it. You're either born with it.
0:49.3	Oh, you're a nobody.
0:51.3	There's an angel.
0:53.3	Don't want to be a nobody.
0:58.0	You're enough.
1:02.0	The place is where we go, when we're grey and old.
1:08.0	You got him? You're in that band.
1:11.6	Say that!
1:17.5	I'm giving me fucking baby!
1:20.8	Shut up, you tit!
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