Madonna furiously makes out with Weird Al in trailer for chaotic new Daniel Radcliffe film
Evan Rachel Wood is Madonna and Daniel Radcliffe is Weird Al in the upcoming film. (Roku/Getty)
The weird just got weirder with the trailer for Daniel Radcliffe’s Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, starring Evan Rachel Wood as a young Madonna.
The biopic tells the definitely factually accurate story of pop parody sensation Weird Al Yankovic and his fascinating rise to stardom in the ’80s.
Radcliffe works the classic “Weird Al” look with a mane of thick curls, glasses and a caterpillar moustache to boot, while Wood bursts onto screen as a ball of energy as the Material Girl.
From the trailer, the completely bizarre combination of Madonna and Weird Al already looks to be a delight with the most chaotic interactions.
We first see Madonna ask Weird Al if he plans to parody any of her songs, such as “Like A Virgin”.
Weird Al asks: “I’m curious, is that song autobiographical?”
“Yes,” Madonna replies, “except for the fact that I’ve had a lot of sex” – cut to a furiously passionate making-out scene.
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Weird Al’s actual “Like A Virgin” parody, “Like A Surgeon”, was released in 1985 to rave reviews.
We then follow their torrid relationship as Madonna introduces Weird Al to the toxic and destructive side of super stardom and we see his life spiral out of control.
The film, which in true Weird Al style aims to be a parody biopic, has already found a very excited fanbase and a swathe of people trying to figure out if Weird Al and Madonna were actually a thing.
“Making a parody of a rock biopic for the Weird Al story (and inserting Madonna into it!) is actually kind of genius,” one person wrote.
While another, rightly, added: “Weird Al Yankovic and Like A Virgin era Madonna is the only celebrity relationship I care about anymore.”
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The trailer for Weird Al's movie is everything it should have been. Weird Al's affair with Madonna is now canon to reality.— Ian Fortey and Bigfoot Hanging Out (@IanFortey) August 29, 2022
This is a Weird Al biopic so I honestly have no idea how true to life it is, so while Madonna being part of his story makes sense, I've also never heard of that before.
Also, Evan Rachel Wood is PERFECTLY cast as Madonna. God knows if she'll like it though. https://t.co/hDvOGTmRvb— Mvelase 🏳️🌈✊🏾🏳️⚧️ (@MvelaseP) August 29, 2022
1. Yes, that is Weird Al himself in that suit putting in the tape at the start.
2. I love that Daniel Radcliffe has no fucks left to give.
3. In a truly Weird Al move, this is shaping up to be an epic parody of every music biopic of the past 10 years and I am HERE for it. https://t.co/VhO3hbBceJ— Michelle Rapp, at home. 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸 (@kilnfiendpotter) August 29, 2022
Admit it, if you haven’t already googled “Weird Al Madonna” you plan to at lunch.
— BH (@6pintsofkramer) August 29, 2022
The casting in "Weird" is just A+ across the board, and I for one can barely stand to wait to see Evan Rachel Wood play freaking Madonna after what feels like decades of never seeing Dolores Abernathy smile nor speak in full voice.— Evie Nagy (@EvieN) August 29, 2022
And then there are all the people completely in awe of Radcliffe’s post Harry Potter career, and his determination to take on the weirdest and wildest roles out there.
Fans think Radcliffe is perfect for the Weird Al role – and even Weird Al himself agrees, saying the actor is “absolutely going to kill this”.
Weird Al's biopic turning out to be just a PARODY of all of these other dramatic musician biopics that have been coming out recently is the most Weird Al thing he could have done.
So in other words it's perfect https://t.co/AQ8NqDVtuE— Monkey D. Lenny | Vtuber (@MonkeyDLenny) August 29, 2022
Is—is Daniel Radcliffe gonna make me want to fuck “Weird Al” Yankovic?????????? pic.twitter.com/TFmsMU7FrO
— Meech (@MediumSizeMeech) August 29, 2022
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Honestly I love that Daniel Radcliffe made all the money in the universe as a kid and went "and now I will make interesting films regardless if anyone likes them bc I like them so who cares."
Ultimate power move.— Sasha Distan (@SashaDistan) August 29, 2022
The film will be released on Roku Channel on November 4 and one person said, “this will be, without exaggeration, the single greatest event in history.”
