Robbie Williams reveals fears over Netflix biopic about his life

Robbie Williams has revealed that he is experiencing negative thoughts about his Better Man biopic.

The singer, 48, has editorial control over the content, which is filmed at his £17.5 million mansion in Kensington, London.

He previously promised that his Netflix documentary will be full of sex, drugs and mental illness, emphasizing that there are no boundaries when it comes to filming.

Robbie has now admitted he fears the four-part show, announced last year, will flop.

He told The sun: ‘We haven’t started filming yet, but it should be four episodes – four hours of airtime.

“When it was first discussed, I was like, ‘I don’t deserve this,’ and second, ‘It’s going to be s**t.’ That’s how I think.

“When I think about the documentary, I wonder how they want to fill four hours. That’s not going to work.’

Robbie added, “Negative thoughts are always on my mind. I really hope I end up thinking I was dead wrong again.”

Launching in 2023, the multi-part series features never-before-seen footage and unfiltered access to the former Take That star.

The project is produced by the makers of the critically acclaimed 2015 Amy Winehouse documentary film, Amy.

The official synopsis reads: ‘The multi-part series launching in 2023 will be an unfiltered, in-depth investigation of a global icon and born entertainer who has had to navigate the highs and lows of being in the spotlight for more than 30 years. year’.

“It’s about Robbie navigating the media throughout his career, admiration and addiction, professional and personal breakups, reunions, recovery and the impact they’ve had on his mental health.”

With 25 years of intimate, never-before-seen archive and exclusive access to Robbie; this definitive series is an uninhibited take on the entertainer and will reveal a more nuanced and versatile character.”

It comes after Robbie revealed he will play himself in his biopic.

The team behind the Michael Gracey-directed movie reportedly struggled to find the perfect person to play Robbie in his younger years, but an older Robbie has been found in the form of the man himself.

According to The Sun, Robbie told the audience at Melbourne’s Rob Laver Arena during a performance to celebrate the filming of the biopic, “The thing about movies is it’s a miracle that anything gets made.”

“Everything gets stuck in a bottleneck. It’s always, “This person says no and this person says yes and this person is offended and this person isn’t offended enough.” They are agents and lawyers.

Robbie told the audience, “There are sex scenes I don’t approve of. I’m like, ‘If they need to be in there, Michael, you put them in there.

“He said it’s a necessity for the script that I go completely naked and I’m not sure why since there’s one scene where we’re in a church that doesn’t call for it.

“It’s my life and it’s what I’ve done. It’s not anodyne, it’s not vanilla. It’s the drugs, the ups, the downs, the women, the sex.’

The project follows the singer’s rise to fame and the demons he battled both on and off stage.

Sources say Hollywood is excited about the movie after the success of other singers’ lives captured on film like Elton John’s Rocketman and Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody.

Insiders believe it could help Robbie crack America, after struggling to make it big across the pond – despite success in Europe when he first went solo after leaving Take That.

A source previously told the Mirror: ‘The early indications are that it’s really getting through to the American public, not least because the people who are on it have such pedigree.

“Movie executives think the script – essentially an exciting story about an underdog catapulted to fame – will really resonate with people, even those in America who may not know much about Robbie himself.”

Directed and co-written by Victorian filmmaker Michael, the film offers an introspective look at the experiences that have shaped the English entertainer, both on and off stage.

Robbie recently said on New Zealand radio station Newstalk ZB’s The Mike Hosking Breakfast show: ‘It will be full of sex and drugs and mental illness.

“They haven’t started yet. I’m sure it will be warts and all, and I’m sure I’ll be giving away too much information about my life and times.

“I’m looking forward to getting started with it and finding out for myself what it is.”

He insisted there will be no restrictions and continued, “No rules. I’m more likely than most people to leave it all in, I’ve rarely if ever said, “That’s too much, take it off.” Normally I think it’s not enough.’

Robbie added that while he has “editorial control,” the creators are “very, very lucky because I want to expose myself more than anyone else exposes themselves.”

He said, “Most people want to do a sanitized version of themselves because they’re afraid of giving away too much of their real lives.

‘The audience sees that and as a spectator I don’t react very well to that, so I’m not going to do that.’

But former Take That singer Robbie, who has been open about his years of addiction to booze, drugs and food, added that he doesn’t think he’ll let the four children he shares with wife Ayda Field, 43, perform in the show.

The couple are parents to Teddy, nine, Charlton, seven, Coco, three, and two-year-old Beau.

He said, “I don’t think the kids will be involved. Then I give away too much information about the inner workings of my mind.’

Robbie was a member of the pop group Take That from 1990-1995 before achieving great success as a solo artist, selling 75.5 million records.

He has also appeared on television hosting the Big Breakfast in 1995, wrote the lyrics to the musical Boy in a Dress and was also an X Factor judge alongside his wife Ayda Field, with whom he shares four children.