The trend is clear: if you've got a successful career in music, a film about your life is probably already in the works. In the overwhelming flood of music biopics, creativity has become essential to stand out – like the recently released LEGO-animated Pharrell Williams biopic.

There are moments in "Better Man," the often thrilling biopic of unabashedly cheeky U.K. pop star Robbie Williams, where you forget you're watching a CGI monkey in the lead role. But you are watching a CGI monkey,

Ask Robbie Williams how he's doing and you might get a surprisingly honest answer. "I am insane," says the British pop singer, on a Zoom chat recently from Los Angeles. (Note: this interview was conducted prior to the start of the massive L.