Robbie Williams has spent most of his life being a performing monkey and the Take That superstar says casting a CGI chimp to play him in the story of his life was sheer genius

Better Man' stars Robbie Williams, Jonno Davies, Steve Pemberton, Damon Herriman, Raechelle Banno, Alison Steadman, Kate Mulvaney and more. This film is based on the true story of the rise, fall and resurgence of British pop superstar Robbie Williams.

But just when it seemed maybe the genre was running out of steam, along comes Robbie Williams biopic Better Man — hot on the heels of brick-based Pharrell Williams doc Piece By Piece — to rip up the rulebook and try something brilliantly,

And Williams wasn’t lying about the not-ordinary part — he appears as a monkey (yes, an actual monkey) in the film. The singer lends his vocals to the film and is voiced and motion-captured by actor Jonno Davies.

Paramount Pictures has shared the full Better Man trailer for the forthcoming musical biographical drama starring pop star Robbie Williams as he portrays himself as a monkey. The film arrives in select theaters on December 25,