Robbie Williams' Oscar dream shattered after song is disqualified Robbie Williams’ dream of bagging an Oscar has Come Undone after his song was disqualified for sounding too much like another tune.
A letter sent out to voters in the music category said Robbie’s track “incorporates material from an existing song that was not written for the film” so it has been deemed ineligible for the Oscar, US site Variety reports.
Director Michael Gracey, who also made The Greatest Showman, said a CGI chimp depicts Robbie in the film because he always “felt like a performing monkey”.
The biopic, which will be released in cinemas on Boxing Day, explores Stoke-born Robbie’s life from childhood until 2003 – the year he broke records by playing three huge gigs at Knebworth to annoy Oasis, who only did two.
Forbidden Road, from his biopic Better Man, was shortlisted earlier this week for Best Original Song.
