This wizard is getting bizarre. Daniel Radcliffe stars because the titular comic in WEIRD: The Al Yankovic Story, and the film will stay as much as its title.
The movie relies off a brief Al Yankovic made for Humorous or Die in 2010, and the star-studded video poked enjoyable at dramatic rock star biopics, exaggerating the comedian’s life with intercourse, medication and emotional breakdowns. The primary teaser trailer, launched in Might 2022, reveals that the film is about to have an identical tone, with Roku promoting it as “the untold true story” of the “Eat It” singer — in addition to his “torrid superstar amorous affairs and famously wicked life-style.”
Radcliffe is a giant fan of the Grammy Award winner, however the Misplaced Metropolis star revealed in a March 2022 look on The Tonight Present Starring Jimmy Fallon that he was stunned when Yankovic particularly selected him for the function — regardless of having by no means met.
“Once I talked to Al for the primary time, I used to be like, ‘I’m immensely flattered by the concept you’ll decide me to play you, however like, why me? I’m mystified however excited,’” the Harry Potter actor recalled.
He defined that Yankovic noticed a November 2010 episode of The Graham Norton Present the place Radcliffe completely carried out each phrase of Tom Lehrer’s music “The Parts,” which covers all the periodic desk of parts.
“I sang ‘The Parts’ subsequent to Colin Farrell and a really bemused Rihanna,” Radcliffe defined. “I suppose Al noticed that and was like, ‘This man perhaps will get it.’ And so he picked me. So I’m very, very fortunate, and now I’ve gotten to have accordion classes with Al.”
The Swiss Military Man star took up the humorist’s iconic instrument of alternative.
“I bought lent Al’s accordion for the month,” he mentioned. “He gave me his personal accordion to follow on for the month. On day two of that, I broke one of many straps … after which instantly bought them changed. Fortunately, he’s just like the nicest man.”
He mentioned whereas on The View later that month that the film was “an extremely quick shoot” for him, with just a few weeks in entrance of the digicam.
“It was 18 days, however it was probably the most enjoyable issues I’ve ever finished in my life,” he defined. “[Al is] simply the very best. He’s the nicest human and he was on set day by day so it was only a actual pleasure.”
Yankovic has teased that the Miracle Employees actor provides fairly a efficiency within the flick. “That could be a WRAP on Mr. Radcliffe! Wait until you see him on this. He’s much more like me than I’m,” he shared by way of Instagram in March.
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