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Scenario

A unique profile of British pop superstar Robbie Williams. It took a year and a half to get permission to shoot the lavish dance sequence on Regent Street in London over four nights, as it is actually owned by the British royal family. Two nights before the planned shooting date, after spending a whole week rehearsing in a studio where they shoot the street, Queen Elizabeth II passed away and the shoot had to be postponed. Everyone had to be paid anyway, including tents and crew, and the production insurance did not cover losses due to the death of a monarch, so the producers had to raise additional funds to shoot the sequence, which was filmed five months later. The main character, Robbie Williams, is depicted as a chimpanzee. Robbie Williams is not, in fact, a chimpanzee.