Robbie Williams takes responsibility for his role in the darker chapters of his life. His unconventional biopic Better Man pulls no punches when it comes to his addictions and abuses. “There were many villains in this movie until we legally couldn’t have many villains in this movie,” Williams said of the Paramount Pictures release.
“Now the only villain in this movie is me. I’m quite happy to be the main villain in this movie.” The singer lamented that his first manager got off easy, and said early drafts of the script took Williams’ side in his feud with Take That bandmate Gary Barlow.
RELATED: 2024-25 Awards Season Calendar: Dates For Oscars, Grammys, Tonys, Guilds & More “In the script, I speak how I spoke and I think how I thought back then,” Williams said. “We sent him the script and he rang me. Gaz phones me, ‘Rob, I come off worse than Darth Vader in the first Star Wars .
” Williams agreed to soften Barlow’s portrayal in the film. He pulled no punches about his treatment of girlfriend Nicole Appleton, herself a pop star in the girl group All Saints. “She didn’t deserve the version of me she got,” he said.
“I feel great shame I didn’t represent myself in the best way possible because she deserves the best and deserves the best me and she didn’t get it.” RELATED: The 2025 Oscars: Everything We Know So Far About The Nominations, Ceremony, Date & Host Appleton and Williams had a tearful FaceTime after she saw the film. Williams has re.
