Daniel Radcliffe and Evan Rachel Wood on Going Big as Weird Al & Madonna in 'Weird: The Al Yankovic Story'

Just as Weird Al is a one-of-a-kind creator and artist, you’ve never seen a biopic quite like Weird: The Al Yankovic Story.

COLLIDER VIDEO OF THE DAY Would more time and money have been great? Perhaps, but Wood and Radcliffe insisted there are other things the Weird set had that they wish they saw on more productions out there, even ones with astronomical budgets. Wood began by singing Radcliffe's praises. “I wish everyone was committed and as good as Dan is at acting and knowing lines and being fully ready and committed the second things start rolling.

“I think definitely a lot of license and freedom was given by the fact that it's not just a straight Al biopic and impersonation. That, I think, gave me a lot of freedom to be like, okay, this is a version of this person. And I'm also really lucky that Al's nice! And that he wasn't sitting on set like a hawk being like, ‘Ah, you did that wrong.’ He's very, very generous. Most of the notes that I got from him were musical, and particularly about the accordion.

As for Wood, Madonna had absolutely no involvement in the making of Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, leaving one to wonder if she’s even aware she’s a main character in the film. Here’s what Wood said when asked if Madonna knows she’s a big part of Weird:

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