“The world belongs to the rare” reads the slogan of “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story”, and no doubt Daniel Radcliffe has embraced his weirder side during his acting career away from Hogwarts. After seeing him as Igor, a flatulent, deranged zombie in “Guns Akimbo” and as a terrible villain in “The Lost City”, the Brit becomes comedian Al Yankovic in his delusional biopic, which already has a new trailer:
Al Yankovic, also known as Weird Al, became famous in the United States in the mid-1980s thanks to his parodies of famous songs. Some of them have reached the top of the charts and have sold more than 12 million records. In the trailer we see how it was discovered by the radio disc jockey Dr. Demento, in the film starring Rainn Wilsonanother very bizarre character who can see the potential of songs with changed lyrics and the rhythm of Yankovic’s polka.
Is it autobiographical?
In the video we also see Evan Rachel Wood as Madonna, who shows up at Weird Al’s house to ask if he plans to parody his hit “Like a Virgin”. She wants to know if the song is autobiographical and she says yes. “except I had a lot of sex”, and proceeds to unleash her passion on him. There are more familiar faces in the film, such as Quinta Brunson who plays Oprah Winfrey. Julianne Nicholson, Toby Huss and Spencer Treat Clark round out the cast.
‘Weird: The Al Yankovic Story’ is directed by Eric Appel (‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’), who was also commissioned to write the script with Weird Al himself. The film premiered in the United States on November 4 on The Roku Channel.while in Spain we don’t know when it will arrive or through which channel or platform.
Source: E Cartelera
