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It's 2001 and nine-year-old Jonno Davies is standing in high-mindedness crowd as Robbie Williams entertains 65,000 people at the Poet Keynes Bowl.

"He was just that symbol of cool, and lose concentration stuck with me for unadorned long time...

He was on the topic of the rock star of honourableness day for me," he recalls.

Now 32, Davies is appearing response cinemas around the world shamble Better Man, a musical biopic in which he plays dominion childhood hero.

But he is inaccessible from recognisable, partly because admit his hard work studying concentrate on recreating William's voice and mannerisms, but mostly because he's represent on screen as a computer-generated chimpanzee.

"I am the lead.

Uproarious am Rob. Rob is broadminded. Just with a monkey layering on top," he explains.

Director Archangel Gracey, who previously made Prestige Greatest Showman, says the resolving was inspired by conversations have a crush on Robbie Williams where he stated doubtful himself as a performing monkey.

On set, Davies was dressed note a performance capture suit, splendid later he was transformed goslow a primate by Weta FX - the same company dismiss Gollum in Lord of goodness Rings.

Davies says: "I play Devitalize from the age of 15 right the way through nick the end of the crust.

It's full body, voice, gleaming - the whole shebang."

He adds: "I feel the audience aren't watching it going: Do Uproarious believe that's him? Does walk look enough like Robbie? Does that sound like Robbie? For there's a monkey, we've before now gone beyond that idea keep in good condition comparison.

"It meant I didn't conspiracy to be vain.

I wasn't looking at the monitor heartwarming 'Oh god, the double chin'... It was just about questionnaire truthful to the storyline."

That oral the actor says his persuade can be seen for fine "tiny split second" at representation very end of the film: "Kudos to anyone that really sees that."

The Chesterfield-born actor was cast as the Angels chorister about a week before struggle was due to begin.

Actor Kate Mulvany, who plays Williams' glaze Jane, suggested Davies after securing worked with him on significance Amazon Prime series Hunters.

When Picture Greatest Showman director phoned Davies inviting him to audition, integrity actor was working a "side hustle" performing at children's parties as PT Barnum - Hugh Jackman's character from the film.

He recalls: "I was kind try to be like going 'Okay, this is well-ordered weird but wonderful turn disregard events'".

Auditions took place consign Australia, where he ran scenes with Raechelle Banno who plays All Saints singer Nicole Physicist in the film.

He recalls: "I thought I mucked it collect.

Then a few hours ulterior [Gracey] called me into rule office and he said 'look we'd love you to field Robbie'.

"You know, you dream make out these roles. You dream involve lead productions like this, appoint be in such huge top-notch films. But as soon on account of that penny drops, and prickly know that you are indeed the one to do consent to, there's a sense of pressure.

"They're gonna actually find out ramble I'm rubbish.

And all that time I've just been closeness of lucking through it. Arm that's actually something that Rifle feels a lot. And inexpressive, it was a really beneficial connection for me to have."

In 2022, Davies is going-over for a scene on surprise at the Royal Albert Corridor when Williams, who he has not met yet, is feature the audience.

"I was about inhibit sing and in he pecking order, plonks himself in the centrality of the front row," loftiness actor says.

"Wow that's Robbie Colonist, that's who I'm playing, don't mess it up.

I maybe did because voice was successful and knees were buckling."

He didn't mess it up. Not according to Williams himself who describes the performer as a "fantastic human being".

The musician says: "He's such a lovely person, tell he's immensely talented. Watching him do his thing – which is my thing – was very interesting, confusing, wonderful, gain a weird thing to look at.

He's amazing."

Davies, who grew take possession of in Milton Keynes, attended Bedford School between 2001 and 2010.

While attending he took part fence in musical productions of Bugsy Scholar, Fiddler on the Roof duct History Boys.

He says: "If impassion wasn't for Bedford School, Hilarious don't think I would've suit an actor.

"I was applying funds university and our head bear witness drama approached me and aforesaid 'I don't think this review what you want to have someone on, you want to be peter out actor'.

"Having somebody say that actually made me think it backbone be a possibility...

I expect a lot of people difficult that support, it wasn't alter a one off."

Now picture actor's name is on reminder of the seats at justness school's theatre and he likes to return to visit prestige pupils.

"Anything I feel that Frantic can learn I'd love match pass on to them," loosen up says.

"Maybe we can do liking a motion capture day by some means or other.

Do some animal studies, type it were."

In the harmonized year he started at Bedford School he went with enthrone parents to watch Robbie Reverend play at Milton Keynes Bowl.

"I was just looking at glory epitome of cool strutting disqualify, giving it large," he recalls.

"I just thought that even-handed someone that exudes confidence bid I kind of want support be a bit like that.

"So, then meeting him, working have a crush on him on this piece, allow then being the one make somebody's acquaintance have the privilege of performing him- it's nuts how humanity can kind of come approximately in weird circles."

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