Unusual reason Queen Elizabeth’s death caused Robbie Williams to ‘lose millions’

The team behind pop legend has explained how the timing of meant they “lost millions of dollars” for the filming of Robbie’s new biopic, ‘Better Man’.There was a big barrier to overcome in the filming of Robbie William’s movie, which is about his rollercoaster life, and unfortunately, it involved the late Queen. almost threatened to derail his film after the producers spent a small fortune on one spectacular fantasy dance routine set on London’s Regent Street at . Director Michael Gracey explained a big element of the film was focused on central London. He told : “I always used to walk down Regent Street and think, this is such a great street to do a dance number on, like, Why has no one done it?

“And then it became very clear why no one’s done it. Because shutting down that street for four nights – complete lock off – when it’s a bus route as well, so you need to redirect the busses, which apparently in London, is just a no go.”

However, due to Robbie’s close relationship with the royals, after a lot of paperwork between Westminster Council, The Crown Estate and the film director, Regent Street was closed “for four nights”.However, unexpected and shocking news soon followed. The director of the film explained: “On the Friday we were feeling very buoyant, because the first night of filming was Sunday night, and we got a call from the Crown Estate to tell us that the Queen had just died and we wouldn’t be shooting because there’s 10 days of mourning. “So we lost all of the money. There’s no insurance for the death of the Queen.”The man who directed Hugh Jackman in The Greatest Showman added: “So we lost millions of dollars, and it took another five months to get back on that street, and we had to raise the money again. And every time I watch it, I think people have no idea how close we came to that not being in the film.”Queen Elizabeth II, the UK’s longest-serving monarch, , aged 96, after reigning for 70 years.

Better Man, due for release on Boxing Day in the UK, is directed by Michael Gracey, who helmed The Greatest Showman, starring Hugh Jackman. His new film follows , played by actor Jonno Davies via motion capture technology, as he goes from a fractious childhood to boy-band success with Take That to his solo career.It is a retelling of his rise to fame with the Stoke pop singer portrayed by a CGI monkey.Robbie and his wife, Ayda Field, are close to the royals, and their daughter Teddy was one of six bridesmaids for , as before the wedding, Teddy had only been featured in candid shots on social media to protect her privacy.