Daniel Radcliffe's Next Role Is Weird Al Yankovic In New Biopic
Actor Daniel Radcliffe will star as famed parody musician Weird Al Yankovic in a new film about the singer's life titled Weird: The Al Yankovic Story. The new film will premiere exclusively on The Roku Channel and will tell the life story of the five-time Grammy award-winning musician behind classic parody songs such as "Amish Paradise" and "White & Nerdy."
In an official statement, Yankovic wrote “When my last movie UHF came out in 1989, I made a solemn vow to my fans that I would release a major motion picture every 33 years, like clockwork. I’m very happy to say we’re on schedule, and I am absolutely thrilled that Daniel Radcliffe will be portraying me in the film. I have no doubt whatsoever that this is the role future generations will remember him for.”
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Yankovic co-wrote the script with writer/director Eric Appel, who will also serve as director and executive producer on the film. Appel has previously worked as a director on several TV series, including NBC's Brooklyn Nine-Nine and The New Girl. In 2010 Appel and Yankovic produced a fake parody trailer with Funny Or Die for a Weird Al biopic that featured Breaking Bad's Aaron Paul in the lead role. "When Weird Al first sat me down against my will and told me his life story, I didn’t believe any of it, but I knew that we had to make a movie about it,”Appel said in a statement.
The official description for the new film reads, “holds nothing back, exploring every facet of Yankovic’s life, from his meteoric rise to fame with early hits like ‘Eat It’ and ‘Like a Surgeon’ to his torrid celebrity love affairs and famously depraved lifestyle. Weird: The Al Yankovic Story takes audiences on a truly
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