

Appel shared, “For about a decade, after concerts, people would always say: ‘Is this movie real’ and ‘I have been looking for this movie but I can’t find it anywhere.’” But things changed when Yankovic reached out to him in February of 2019. The writer-director says that, initially, he thought it should remain a “three-minute internet video,” and not become a feature film. Keep on reading to learn four more things that we learned at the Weird panel.įrom Funny or Die to Roku: Appel released a fake trailer for a “Weird” Al biopic in 2013 through Funny or Die. Radcliffe was joined by Evan Rachel Wood – who plays Madonna – director Eric Appel, and the legend himself, “Weird” Al Yankovic, to discuss the upcoming biopic. The actor said, “I’m incredibly lucky to have a friend who has an accordion and had the time to teach me, and he gave me one.” Radcliffe continued to share that prep for the shoot was challenging, credited to the choreography and having to mimic Yankovic’s body language.

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From Hogwarts to Beverly Hills! Daniel Radcliffe told audiences at New York Comic Con‘s “Let’s Get WEIRD” panel, hosted by Comedy Central’s Josh Horowitz, that the “first thing” he did after booking the role of “Weird” Al Yankovic in WEIRD: The Al Yankovic Story was learn how to play the accordion.
