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With music biopics, the subject’s blessing is never guaranteed.
In the case of Michael Gracey’s Robbie Williams-inspired Better Man, however, not only was the real-life inspiration on board but literally front and centre.
UK lead actor Jonno Davies was preparing to rehearse a performance of My Way in character in front of 200 extras at Melbourne’s Docklands Studios when he glimpsed out into the audience and first encountered the man he was portraying.
“We start, and the...