Daniel Radcliffe
The hyper-fictional, exaggerated biopic parody features a wild turn by Evan Rachel Wood as Madonna, portraying her as a narcissistic vulture. Even as a bit, it doesn’t sit right.
How a decade-old “Funny or Die” sketch led to Daniel Radcliffe being cast as the world’s preeminent parody songwriter in the most outlandish biopic of the year. (Spoilers!)
There were high hopes for this goofy-sounding biopic, which cast a sexier-than-ever Radcliffe as parody musician Weird Al Yankovic. Boy, does it fail to meet them.
The first footage of the Mad Libs-sounding biopic in which Radcliffe portrays the musician is suitably weird, mostly for the unexpected shot of shirtless Al looking sexy as hell.
After premiering in January on the HBO Max streaming service, the 20th anniversary special "Return to Hogwarts" will air on traditional cable channels Cartoon Network and TBS.
Yankovic said he has “no doubt whatsoever” that future generations will remember Radcliffe for portraying him.
HBO Max made it abundantly clear that Rowling was not directly involved, flashing a disclaimer every time she (briefly) appeared that her interviews were filmed back in 2019.