Actress Evan Rachel Wood recently explained how she prepared to play her role as Madonna in the comedy biopic “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story.” The actress stars in the film alongside “Harry Potter” actor Daniel Radcliffe.
In the biopic, Wood plays the role of music sensation Madonna. The artist’s song, “Like a Virgin,” was previously and quite famously given a comedy version by Alfred Matthew Yankovic, better known as “Weird Al” Yankovic. The artist made his own version of his hit single, “Like a Surgeon,” during that period.
Wood recently participated in an interview during the film’s premiere on Friday, revealing that he had to go through several Madonna music videos to deliver a stellar performance. He went on to call the icon a “genius” and said he loved playing the role.
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Evan Rachel Wood Watched Madonna Music Video For Role
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Wood did a lot of background work before the actor starred with music icon Madonna in “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story.” During the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival on Friday, the cast of the show joined in Many people as well as Entertainment Weekly in their photo and video studio.
There, the actress explained how she prepared to play Madonna in the film and described it as a “fun” project. He said, “This is one of the most fun projects I’ve ever worked on,” Wood said. “I think, oh no, now I just want to do comedy because it’s a great experience. … It’s really hard to keep a straight face most of the time.”
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Wood also revealed that while incorporating Madonna into the film, everyone involved “had a lot of fun.” “I spent weeks before the shoot just watching Madonna interviews from the early ’80s and her music videos and stuff,” the actress said. “It’s fun. It’s always fun to go back and revisit and be like, ‘Oh, right — he’s a genius.’ There’s a reason why she’s Madonna.”
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Evan Rachel Wood Wants to Keep Madonna Costume
After filming ended, Wood revealed that he loved playing the character so much that he always made videos of himself in his trailer while waking up. He reportedly wanted to take the dress with him; however, he was not allowed.
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Wood says, “Every day it’s just as fun as the first time I put it on. I’ll just always record myself dancing and Dubsmashing in my trailer. But I don’t think I need to keep anything.”
According to the comedy biopic’s director, Eric Appel, Madonna has yet to say anything about the film or Wood’s casting. He revealed that he wished he had a sense of humor and liked the film. Radcliffe, the star of the show, said, “I support it. I definitely do. It’s great – and you play it. Who doesn’t like that?”
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Director tells her to act like Madonna ‘On Lots of Cocaine’
While talking to Entertainment Weekly during the film’s premiere, Wood recalled when the film’s director, Appel, gave him specific instructions for certain scenes as he played the film’s sociopathic version of Madonna. The 35-year-old recalls, “Eric directed me in one scene to be Madonna on a lot of cocaine.”
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Radcliffe described Madonna’s character in the film as “very deceptive” and claimed the artist was only using Yankovic to further her music career. He said, “He’s very conniving and really just uses Weird Al, and everything he does is a pathological lie to advance his career. So it’s basically taking the genius that is Madonna and turning her into a sociopath who ends up running a drug cartel.”
The “Harry Potter” actor further revealed that Wood is very committed to the character and “really gets the tone and pace of the movie, and it’s very exciting.” The actor continued, “Every character in this movie starts out as something you know, and then you see them explode into something completely crazy.”
‘Weird: The Al Yankovic Story’ Releases November 4th
The trailer for the spoof biopic was released a few weeks ago and gives a glimpse of how Radcliffe plays the role of Yankovic. It shows a fictional user version of how the artist began parodying various songs starting with his popular parody “My Bologna” in 1983 after The Knack’s 1979 hit “My Sharon’s”.
In the movie, the song was so popular that it brought several people to his doorstep, including Madonna. The artist, played by Wood, asks Yankovic to parody his hit song, “Like a Virgin,” and then has an affair with the artist.
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The film premiered during the Toronto film festival on Friday and reportedly received rave reviews mainly due to the impressive performances by the actors. “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story” is produced by Tango and Funny or Die and is scheduled to debut on The Roku Channel on November 4.
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