I'm not saying the dude is Elvis, but I'm still baffled how so many people don't know who he is.
shareAmerican here... he never had anything close to a hit here that I know of.
I only know him because when I was in Australia the biggest song playing in the clubs was Rock DJ and I thought it was a catchy enough tune to start listening to his stuff when I got home.
I've heard some people speculate that this is why they made him a CG monkey for his biopic; to make it more of a curiosity and thereby appeal to audiences in the US and other countries where his music didn't really cross over. If that's true (I don't think it is) I suppose you could call it an extreme form of stunt casting.
EDIT: I don't think it's true, regardless, that some people suggested it underscores how little we know who he is in the US. (I never heard of him, but I also don't know most modern US singers either.)
I've heard some people speculate that this is why they made him a CG monkey for his biopic; to make it more of a curiosity and thereby appeal to audiences in the US
If they planned on releasing the film in the US, I'm sure the producers would have scrapped the film entirely. I think they made him a monkey to make something different because musical biopics are generally the same.
shareEnglish wit rarely hits in burger land. Same reason the brilliant Blur only had one hit there.
shareI don't believe I've eaver heard of him.
shareI'm sure I wouldn't know who he was if I weren't a fan of the Graham Norton show(and British TV in general...)
shareNever heard of the man and for Paramount, they dumped something like $110 Million into this movie and it was the flop of the Century.. The movie looked like it could appeal to Gen Z because I've never heard of him
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Williams was already famous in Europe from Take That before his solo career. TT was not big in the US.
It’s the same story with Kylie Minogue. Famous in Europe from television before her solo career.
US only know that one song nah nah nah.
You're obviously right about most of this. But I have to correct you on one very important point.
US only know that one song nah nah nah.