Nothing about the new biopic. Strange looks normal, which is totally understood. After all, legendary Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe will play the eminent pop songwriter Weird Al Yankovic for an ironic parody of the musician’s biopic that started out as a short film Funny or Die, but has now expanded to an auction. of feature films. We know it Evan Rachel Wood plays Madonna in the film, and that Weird will delve into some of the the best parodies Weird Al has ever written . But how did the film manage to secure the famous faces that appear throughout the film? Fans have to thank Weird Al Yankovic’s rolodex for that.
The legendary songwriter promotes Strange, which will be on the Roku Channel later this year. And during a conversation at New York Comic-Con (covered by ew ) on a particular pool scene with several actors playing famous celebrities from the 1980s, Yankovic himself made it clear that he was asking for favors for filling that scene with as many recognizable names and faces as possible. Rare Al said:
I was sort of like the casting director for that particular pool scene. I flipped through my address book, emailed a bunch of friends and said, “Hey, we’re shooting this crazy pool party in the valley, do you want to come and spend half a day doing it?” Luckily a lot of people showed up and we managed to do it! I still can’t believe it actually happened.
That’s the way it is in show business. It’s about who you know, for how long What you know. And over the years, ever since you’ve worked on songs like “Eat It” or “Like a Surgeon”, you know Weird Al Yankovic has crossed paths with some of the most famous people on this planet. He is probably also very close to them. Or, as Weird director Eric Appel added to the conversation about recruiting famous faces:
Al showed me his Christmas card mailing list and said, “Pick some of these names!”
We have no idea how many people made it to the final cut Strangebut the movie trailer it seems completely off the rails and like a very funny moment in the movies. We got excited about the film. after seeing it at the Toronto International Film Festival, and other critics appeared our feelings echo . It may be why Daniel Radcliffe is half naked for all the comedy? Or maybe Weird just hits that sweet spot between reality and farce, where some of the biggest laughs can be found.
Find out for sure when Strange arrives on the Roku Channel on November 4th.
Source: Cinemablend
