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is based on Williams’s own life story, and sees the Take That singer depicted as a CGI chimpanzee.
As well as narrating the film and lending his own vocals, Williams, 50, contributed an original song for the film, which was nominated for Best Original Song at the Golden Globes.
It had also featured in the initial shortlist for the corresponding category at the Oscars, but was subsequently disqualified.
suggested that the reason for the disqualification could be the song’s melodic similarities to “I Got a Name,” a song performed by Jim Croce in the 1973 film
To be eligible for the Oscars, songs must be “original and written specifically for the motion picture.”
“Forbidden Road” is formally credited to Williams, alongside Freddy Wexler and Sacha Skarbek.
song.
“Listen, the rules are the rules, and you have to go by them,” he said. “And it would’ve been nice, but as an introvert it’s another party that I don’t have to go to.
“I went through it, I’m on the other side and it’s all good. I’m at the Globes and they’re showing me loads of love,” he continued, before thanking the interviewer for “being annoyed on [his] behalf.”
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director Michael Gracey first spoke to Williams about putting his life up on screen, the latter remarked that he’d always seen himself as a kind of “performing monkey”. But it works. Not despite the gimmick, but because of it.”
is out in cinemas now.
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