Weird: The Al Yankovic Story’s Cast Took Their Very Unserious Story Very Seriously
Yankovic wasn’t at New York Comic Con in person but he live-streamed into the packed-to-the-gills panel crowd Sunday evening. He said that he was actively engaged every day on set, helping produce the film he helped co-write. Apparently it was all hands on deck during filming, which took place over an incredibly short period of time. “The entire 18 days of production was just so bizarre,” he told the assembled crowd. “We were recreating moments that are just a little bit exaggerated.
The movie leads also showed off an exclusive clip of the upcoming movie to con-goers. It takes place at a pool party hosted by Dr. Demento that features numerous comedy stars filling out the roles of major entertainment figures from the late 1970s and ‘80s, including Divine , Andy Warhol , and—as Jack Black dressed as disc jockey Wolfman Jack put it—“the guy from Queen.” Daniel Radcliffe’s Weird Al has to come up with a song parody on the spot or else lose the respect of these major stars.
It’s emblematic of Weird Al’s legacy that the creative minds behind the film seem to be doing a spoof of music biopics in the same vein as recent movies likeStill, that doesn’t mean the actors were necessarily ready to let the silly nature of the anti-documentary give them a pass, at least according to their statements at the panel.
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