Weird Al Yankovic on Daniel Radcliffe’s portrayal and ‚Weird: The Al Yankovic Story‘
In the late 1970s, Alfred Matthew Yankovic, known by his moniker Weird Al, emerged onto the music scene as a master of song parodies on radio’s “Dr. Demento Show” — and his legacy continues to reverberate worldwide. With such massive hits as “Eat It,” a riff on Michael Jackson’s “Beat It,” and “My Bologna,” a nod to the Knack’s “My Sharona,” Yankovic has earned five Grammy Awards and sold more than 12 million albums. Fresh off his latest 133-date tour, the musician’s life is now the subject of Eric Appel’s biopic, “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story,” which stars Daniel Radcliffe in the eponymous lead role and bows Nov. 4 on The Roku Channel.
What’s it like to watch your life turned into a biopic?
It’s a lot of fun. I’m very excited for people to see it. I will say that the biopic takes a few creative liberties. It’s not 100% accurate. I’m afraid people are gonna start changing my Wikipedia entries to make it more and more in line with a movie — so they might want to hold off on that.
Were you influenced at all by other biopics — say, Howard Stern’s “Private Parts”?
I liked “Private Parts,” myself.
