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On November 4 it premiered on The Roku Channel the movie “Weird”which chronicles the life of the American comedian “Weird Al” Yankovic. For the main role was selected Daniel Radcliffeand although many were surprised by his foray into comedy, the film has received good reviews, largely due to the performance of the British actor famous for the Harry Potter tape saga.
In a recent interview with Variety “Weird Al” (whose real name is Alfred Matthew Yankovic) gave his opinion about Radcliffe’s work on the film: “Daniel is absolutely fantastic. The director and I were sitting around and trying to figure out who would be a good person to play me in the movie. And we generated a list of maybe half a dozen actors that we thought could pull it off. And the name that we continued to focus on was Daniel, because we thought he had the right attitude and energy for the movie.”
Yankovic consulted on the film, particularly on how Radcliffe was to play the accordion, and was impressed with the results: “Daniel is amazing in both comedic and dramatic acting. And we definitely needed someone who could do both. Because although it is a comedy, we do not interpret it as a comedy. We interpreted it as a very, very serious Hollywood biopic worthy of a Oscar. And Daniel had to be able to pull off those dramatic moments, which he does. We are both delighted that Daniel was willing to play the part. And as we predicted, he absolutely nailed it.”
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