Weird Al Movie Is As Strange As Swiss Army Man, Says Daniel Radcliffe
Daniel Radcliffe claims that the upcoming Roku biopic film WEIRD: The 'Weird Al' Yankovic Story will be just as strange as Swiss Army Man. Weird Al Yankovic is an icon in the music industry best known for his hilarious musical parodies of hit songs. The five-time Grammy-winning artist announced that he would be working on a biopic film about himself by simply tweeting "So… I'm making a movie." Weird Al is set to co-write the film alongside Eric Appel, who will also be directing the Roku comedy. Radcliffe is set to star in the film as Weird Al and will be joined by the likes of Evan Rachel Wood and Rainn Wilson.
Radcliffe is best known for his role as the titular character of the Harry Potterfranchise, who he portrayed for nearly a decade. However, since 2010, Radcliffe has opted to star in much more weird films with unique roles such as Horns, Swiss Army Man,and Guns Akimborather than something more mainstream such as when he played Harry Potter. When it was announced that Radcliffe had landed the starring role in the ultimate «weird» film, fans were absolutely ecstatic. Weird Al himself was behind the casting decision and has claimed that he is "absolutely thrilled" that Radcliffe will be portraying him in the biopic.
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As reported on by IndieWire, in a recent interview with the New York Times to promote the film, Radcliffe stated that the film has some truly bizarre scenes in it. After filming one scene, Radcliffe confessed to Weird Al that it was one of the weirdest things he's ever done. The actor compared the moment to Paul Dano using him as a Jet Ski in Swiss Army Man. Check out Radcliffe's full comment below.
"I did one shot the other day and Al walked
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