British pop star Robbie Williams bought candid as he addressed the persistent hypothesis about his sexuality in an interview with The Guardian discussing his biopic “Higher Man.”

“I’ve carried out all the pieces however suck a cock. Actually, you’ve by no means met any individual that wishes to be homosexual as a lot as me,” mentioned Williams about his 2005 libel case in opposition to a tabloid that claimed he had engaged in “gay encounters.” He added, “You wish to be an ally whereas on the similar time defending your individual authenticity and your individual life.”

Reflecting on his early profession acting at homosexual golf equipment with Take That, Williams recalled, “Once I went into the homosexual world there was none of that [violence]. There was complete acceptance and humour and homosexual abandon. And security.”

Helmed by “The Best Showman” director Michael Gracey, “Higher Man” chronicles Williams’ journey from his early days in Take That to his struggles with substance abuse and psychological well being. Gracey revealed that the simian idea offered important challenges throughout improvement. “Convincing financiers was actually laborious,” he mentioned. “Folks would go ‘the director of The Best Showman plus Robbie Williams, we’re in.’ And you then go ‘one factor, Rob’s going to be performed as a monkey’. That was the tip of so many finance conferences.”

Williams’ advanced relationship together with his former Take That bandmates, notably Gary Barlow, can be portrayed within the film. In accordance with Williams, Barlow expressed considerations about his portrayal within the script, saying, “Rob, learn the script, I come off worse than Darth Vader within the first ‘Star Wars.’”

“Higher Man” additionally delves into his relationship with All Saints’ Nicole Appleton, together with a controversial sequence depicting their terminated being pregnant. Williams famous that the scene was included solely after securing Appleton’s approval, reflecting on the business pressures of the time. “That you just have been guided, nay made, to terminate a life due to being in a pop band… It’s solely now that you simply go ‘what the fuck? That’s insane,’” he mentioned.

Williams compares his early publicity to fame to his teenage experimentation with medicine. “I first took LSD once I was 15 and I shouldn’t have taken LSD once I was 15. I shouldn’t have taken fame. It’s the identical factor,” he defined.

Now married with 4 youngsters, Williams approaches his profession in a different way. “Daddy goes to work, that’s what I say now,” he famous. “It wasn’t a job earlier than. It was one thing that was presupposed to be magical and once I bought to the highest of the mountain all that was there was existential disaster.”

“Folks say ‘how dare you name it a job, all you do is X, Y and Z’, however simply because your job is shit doesn’t imply my job needs to be shit. That is my job – and I fucking find it irresistible,” Williams mentioned within the interview.

Williams additionally addressed the unconventional strategy to his biopic, opting to be portrayed as a CGI chimpanzee slightly than a human actor.

“Let’s face it, a Robbie Williams biopic with out the monkey is manner much less interesting, or intriguing,” Williams instructed The Guardian. “It will be fascinating to my followers, however to not anybody else.”

“Higher Man” is scheduled for launch on Dec. 26.