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Take That star Gary Barlow has shut down rumours that he is to appear as a cameo on his former bandmates biopic, Better Man. The film is based on the life of Robbie Williams and is currently being filmed in Melbourne, Australia.

Michael Gracey‘s wildly inventive musical biopic of British superstar entertainer Robbie Williams rolls the dice on a unique star casting decision to play Williams which successfully separates it from every showbiz biopic that has come before. A CGI monkey (actor Jonno Davies) plays the singer in what is otherwise a recognizable cradle to a comeback story so familiar to those who rise to the top, only to fall, and then to rise again. This is the equivalent to casting Lassie to play Frank Sinatra. Okay, maybe not that crazy, but close enough. So guess what? It really works, even if in America the subject of this major studio film (Paramount picked up the independently produced production) is not widely known, but an icon who has sold over 80 million albums across the rest of the globe, and was recently the subject of a four-part Netflix docu series. It had its World Premiere this weekend at the Telluride Film Festival.

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EXCLUSIVE: Principal photography has begun on Better Man, and Deadline has the first image from production. This is the musical feature film based on the life of singer Robbie Williams, with Australian filmmaker Michael Gracey at the helm. Gracey’s debut film, The Greatest Showman, grossed over $435M at the global box office.

Robbie Williams fans will see him 'have sex in a church' in a brand new film.The Angels singer, 48, will get the biopic treatment in the forthcoming movie Better Man.Directed by Australian filmmaker Michael Gracey - who directed Hugh Jackman in the record-breaking The Greatest Showman - the film will explore the former Take That star's tumultuous rise to fame.Robbie will play an older version of himself in the flick, while the star's younger self will be portrayed by British actor Jonno Davies.Speaking recently, the father-of-four candidly revealed that there are sex scenes within the film which he 'doesn't condone'.One saucy scene will hint at the actor having sex in a church, as the star's hedonistic days of fame before settling down with his wife and Loose Women star Ayda Field are recapped. Of the forthcoming movie, Robbie told The Sun: "There are sex scenes that I do not condone."I am like, 'If they must be in there, Michael, then you put them in there."He said that it is a necessity for the script that I get completely naked and I am not sure why as there is one scene where we are in a church and it does not call for it."It is my life and it is what I got up to.