{"id":513,"date":"2024-11-25T11:46:11","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T12:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.highschoolhypnotist.com\/?p=513"},"modified":"2025-04-25T23:32:54","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T23:32:54","slug":"queen-elizabeths-death-cost-robbie-williams-biopic-millions-of-pounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.highschoolhypnotist.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/25\/queen-elizabeths-death-cost-robbie-williams-biopic-millions-of-pounds\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen Elizabeth\u2019s death cost Robbie Williams biopic \u2018millions of pounds\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Robbie Williams’ biopic lost millions after the death of Queen Elizabeth (Picture: Getty\/ Rex)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The death of Queen Elizabeth<\/a> II was devastating for so many people up and down the country, but there were also some unexpected consequences.<\/p>\n

The monarch died in September 2023, just days before the Robbie Williams <\/a>biopic – which depicts the Angels singer as a CGI monkey <\/a>– was due to start filming.<\/p>\n

Director Michael Gracey, best known for his work on The Greatest Showman, had arranged to have London<\/a>’s Regent Street closed down for four nights so he could film an elaborate musical number for Better Man<\/a>.<\/p>\n

However, his permits were pulled during an official period of mourning, and insurers refused to cover the costs – which left the project ‘millions of dollars’ worse off.<\/p>\n

‘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,’ he told HELLO!<\/p>\n

‘So we lost all of the money. There’s no insurance for the death of the queen.<\/p>\n

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