This wizard is getting bizarre. Daniel Radcliffe stars because the titular comic in WEIRD: The Al Yankovic Story, and the film will reside as much as its title.
The movie is predicated 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 Could 2022, reveals that the film is ready to have an analogous tone, with Roku promoting it as “the untold true story” of the “Eat It” singer — in addition to his “torrid celeb amorous affairs and famously wicked life-style.”
Radcliffe is an enormous 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 shocked when Yankovic particularly selected him for the position — regardless of having by no means met.
“After I talked to Al for the primary time, I used to be like, ‘I’m immensely flattered by the concept that you’ll choose 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 Components,” which covers all the periodic desk of parts.
“I sang ‘The Components’ subsequent to Colin Farrell and a really bemused Rihanna,” Radcliffe defined. “I suppose Al noticed that and was like, ‘This man possibly 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 acquired lent Al’s accordion for the month,” he mentioned. “He gave me his personal accordion to observe on for the month. On day two of that, I broke one of many straps … after which instantly acquired 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, but it surely was some of the enjoyable issues I’ve ever performed in my life,” he defined. “[Al is] simply the perfect. He’s the nicest human and he was on set daily so it was only a actual pleasure.”
Yankovic has teased that the Miracle Employees actor offers 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 through Instagram in March.
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