History Trivia / WeirdTheAlYankovicStory

* NonSingingVoice: As a further parody of music biopics where actors go to great lengths to learn how to sing, Creator/DanielRadcliffe, who's had acclaimed runs in musicals, doesn't do his own singing and lip synchs to the real Weird Al instead.

** In the main cast, there's Daniel Radcliffe as Music/WeirdAlYankovic, Creator/EvanRachelWood as Music/{{Madonna}}, and Creator/RainnWilson as Creator/DrDemento.

** Creator/PattonOswalt was supposed to reprise the role of Creator/DrDemento for this film. Unfortunately, Oswalt broke his foot a week before production was supposed to start. There were brief talks of working around the injury, but it was decided to recast the role with Creator/RainnWilson because the role required the character to actually walk around.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: As the Roku Channel isn't available in every country Al [[https://twitter.com/alyankovic/status/1588719949748776961 advised]] one fan in Australia to find ''other'' ways of viewing the movie.
* MissingTrailerScene

** Al originally intended to have Music/FreddieMercury appear in the pool party scene to confront Al into parodying "Another One Bites the Dust". However, when clearing the rights to use the song, the only stipulation Al got from the surviving members of Music/{{Queen|Band}} was that Freddie Mercury would not be depicted or mentioned in the movie. Al then attempted to work around this by having the members of Music/TheLonelyIsland appear as [[ExactWords the other three members of Queen]], but Creator/AndySamberg was unavailable. [[note]] Jorma Taccone and Akiva Schaffer ''do'' appear in the film as [[Creator/PaulReubens Pee-Wee Herman]] and Music/AliceCooper, respectively. [[/note]] Ultimately, the film only features Queen's bassist John Deacon, played by David Dastmalchian -- which manages to work out perfectly from a logical standpoint, as Deacon alone wrote "Another One Bites the Dust".

* AwesomeDearBoy: Daniel Radcliffe, as a fan of "Weird Al" himself, needed almost no convincing to take the part, and is incredibly proud of the fact that he got to have accordion lessons from Al, as mentioned below, to make his playing convincing on film.

* FakeBrit: American Creator/DavidDastmalchian has a cameo as the English John Deacon (the bassist for Music/{{Queen}}).

** As for the [[TheCameo cameos]], there's Creator/QuintaBrunson as Creator/OprahWinfrey, [[Characters/RuPaulsDragRaceSeason11 Nina West]] as [[Creator/DivineActor Divine]], Creator/ConanOBrien as Creator/AndyWarhol, Creator/JackBlack as Creator/WolfmanJack, Creator/DemetriMartin as Music/TinyTim, Creator/EmoPhillips as Creator/SalvadorDali, Creator/PaulFTompkins as Creator/{{Gallagher}}, Creator/DavidDastmalchian as [[Music/{{Queen}} John Deacon]], and Music/TheLonelyIsland members Jorma Taccone and Akiva Schaffer as Creator/PaulReubens (in character as Pee-Wee Herman) and Music/AliceCooper respectively. ''[[AllStarCast Damn.]]''

** Al originally intended to have Music/FreddieMercury appear in the pool party scene to confront Al into parodying "Another One Bites the Dust". However, when clearing the rights to use the song, the only stipulation Al got from the surviving members of Music/{{Queen}} was that Freddie Mercury would not be depicted or mentioned in the movie. Al then attempted to work around this by having the members of Music/TheLonelyIsland appear as [[ExactWords the other three members of Queen]], but Creator/AndySamberg was unavailable. [[note]] Jorma Taccone and Akiva Schaffer ''do'' appear in the film as [[Creator/PaulReubens Pee-Wee Herman]] and Music/AliceCooper, respectively. [[/note]] Ultimately, the film only features Queen's bassist John Deacon, played by David Dastmalchian -- which manages to work out perfectly from a logical standpoint, as Deacon alone wrote "Another One Bites the Dust".
** Creator/PattonOswalt was supposed to reprise the role of Creator/DrDemento for this film. Unfortunately, Oswalt broke his foot a week before production was supposed to start. There were brief talks of working around the injury, but it was decided to recast the role with Creator/RainnWilson because the role required the character to actually walk around. However...
* YouLookFamiliar: ...Oswalt was later given a minor role in the film anyway, playing a heckler at Al's first public performance.

* CutSong: Al re-recorded a snippet of [[Music/WeirdAlYankovicIn3D "I Lost On Jeopardy"]] for the scene where Al flips through stations on the radio while driving drunk. Al and Eric Appel decided to cut the song since it hadn't already been featured in the movie and would cost them extra money to license. Al would later upload the re-recording to his [=YouTube=] channel.

* AbilityOverAppearance: Despite Creator/DanielRadcliffe being significantly shorter than Al and not having much facial resemblance to him, Al personally chose him because he thought he had the perfect energy and right sensibilities for the role. This was largely thanks in part to when Radcliffe was on ''The Graham Norton Show'' and sang Music/TomLehrer's "The Elements" memorized. Of course, the fact that the movie's star is at least a foot shorter than the person he's portraying doesn't exactly hurt the film's overall ridiculous and parodic nature either.

** Creator/LinManuelMiranda didn't even bother to wait for an invite -- minutes after Al publicly announced the movie, [[https://www.wired.com/story/weird-al-yankovic-movie-cameos/ Lin texted Al]] and asked for a role in the film. They ended up with ''one day'' when Lin would be in Los Angeles and arranged to shoot his part then.

** As for the supporting characters and [[TheCameo cameos]], there's Creator/QuintaBrunson as Creator/OprahWinfrey, [[Characters/RuPaulsDragRaceSeason11 Nina West]] as [[Creator/DivineActor Divine]], Creator/ConanOBrien as Creator/AndyWarhol, Creator/JackBlack as Creator/WolfmanJack, Creator/DemetriMartin as Music/TinyTim, Creator/EmoPhillips as Creator/SalvadorDali, Creator/PaulFTompkins as Creator/{{Gallagher}}, Creator/DavidDastmalchian as [[Music/{{Queen}} John Deacon]], and Music/TheLonelyIsland members Jorma Taccone and Akiva Schaffer as Creator/PaulReubens (in character as Pee-Wee Herman) and Music/AliceCooper respectively. ''[[AllStarCast Damn.]]''

* AllStarCast: The Latin American Spanish dub is quite full of well-known veteran voice actors in the cast, especially considering the film's status as a Roku Original and the fact Music/WeirdAlYankovic isn't well-known outside the U.S.: Creator/VictorUgarte (Music/WeirdAlYankovic), Creator/HumbertoSolorzano (Nick Yankovic), Creator/RominaMarroquinPayro (Music/{{Madonna}}), Creator/ArturoMercadoJr (Ben Scotti), Creator/RaulAnaya (Tony Scotti), Creator/EdsonMatus (Steve), Creator/AlejandroOrozco (Bermuda), Creator/JackBlack (Wolfman Jack), Moises Ivan Mora (Pablo Escobar and [[Creator/PaulReubens Pee-Wee Herman]]). Creator/EduardoGarza (Johnny Barf), Creator/JesseConde (The manager), Alejandra de la Rosa (Mama Bear) and others.

* AllStarCast: The Latin American Spanish dub is quite full of well-known veteran voice actors in the cast, especially considering the film's status as a Roku Original and the fact Music/WeirdAlYankovic isn't well-known outside the U.S.: Creator/VictorUgarte (Music/WeirdAlYankovic), Creator/HumbertoSolorzano (Nick Yankovic), Creator/RominaMarroquinPayro (Music/{{Madonna}}), Creator/ArturoMercadoJr (Ben Scotti), Creator/RaulAnaya (Tony Scotti), Creator/EdsonMatus (Steve), Creator/AlejandroOrozco (Bermuda), Creator/JavierRivero (Wolfman Jack), Moises Ivan Mora (Pablo Escobar and [[Creator/PaulReubens Pee-Wee Herman]]). Creator/EduardoGarza (Johnny Barf), Creator/JesseConde (The manager), Alejandra de la Rosa (Mama Bear) and others.

* CutSong: Al re-recorded a snippet of [[Music/WeirdAlYankovicIn3D "I Lost On Jeopardy"]] for the scene where Al flips through stations on the radio while driving drunk. Al and Eric Appel decided to cut the song since it hadn't already been featured in the movie and would cost them extra money to license. Al would later upload the re-recording to his YouTube channel.

* AbsurdlyShortProductionTime: Roku only budgeted for ''18'' days of principal production. As a result, everything needed to be scripted out in detail and rehearsed extensively beforehand to make sure no time was wasted during filming.

** Al originally intended to have Music/FreddieMercury appear in the pool party scene to confront Al into parodying "Another One Bites the Dust". However, when clearing the rights to use the song, the only stipulation Al got from the surviving members of Music/{{Queen}} was that Freddie Mercury would not be depicted or mentioned in the movie. Al then attempted to work around this by having the members of Music/TheLonelyIsland appear as [[ExactWords the other three members of Queen]], but Creator/AndySamberg was unavailable. [[note]] Jorma Taccone and Akiva Schaffer ''do'' appear in the film as [[Creator/PaulReubens Pee-Wee Herman]] and Music/AliceCooper, respectively. [[/note]] Ultimately, the film only features Queen's bassist John Deacon (who wrote "Another One Bites the Dust"), who was played by David Dastmalchian.

** Al originally intended to have Music/FreddieMercury appear in the pool party scene to confront Al into writing "Another One Rides the Bus". However, when clearing the rights to use the song, the only stipulation Al got from the surviving members of Music/{{Queen}} was that Freddie Mercury would not be depicted or mentioned in the movie. Al then attempted to work around this by having the members of Music/TheLonelyIsland appear as [[ExactWords the other three members of Queen]], but Creator/AndySamberg was unavailable. [[note]] Jorma Taccone and Akiva Schaffer ''do'' appear in the film as [[Creator/PaulReubens Pee-Wee Herman]] and Music/AliceCooper, respectively. [[/note]] Ultimately, the film only features Queen's bassist John Deacon (who wrote "Another One Bites the Dust"), who was played by David Dastmalchian.

** Creator/LinManuelMiranda didn't even bother to wait for an invite -- minutes after Al publicly announced the movie, [[https://www.wired.com/story/weird-al-yankovic-movie-cameos/ Lin texted Al]] and asked for a role in the film. They ended up with ''one day'' when Lin would be in Los Angeles and arranged to shoot his role then.

** Creator/LinManuelMiranda didn't even bother to wait for an email -- after Al publicly announced the movie, he called Al and asked for a role in the film. They ended up with ''one day'' when Lin would be in Los Angeles and arranged to shoot his scene then.

** Al originally intended to have Music/FreddieMercury appear in the pool party scene to confront Al into writing "Another One Rides the Bus". However, when clearing the rights to use the song, the only stipulation Al got from the surviving members of Music/{{Queen}} was that Freddie Mercury would not be depicted or mentioned in the movie. Al then attempted to work around this by having the members of Music/TheLonelyIsland appear as ''[[ExactWords the other three members of Queen]]'', but Creator/AndySamberg was unavailable. [[note]] Jorma Taccone and Akiva Schaffer ''do'' appear in the film as [[Creator/PaulReubens Pee-Wee Herman]] and Music/AliceCooper, respectively. [[/note]] Ultimately, the film only features Queen's bassist John Deacon (who wrote "Another One Bites the Dust"), who was played by David Dastmalchian.

** As for the supporting characters and [[TheCameo cameos]], there's Creator/QuintaBrunson as Creator/OprahWinfrey, [[Characters/RuPaulsDragRaceSeason11 Nina West]] as [[Creator/DivineActor Divine]], Creator/ConanOBrien as Creator/AndyWarhol, Creator/JackBlack as Creator/WolfmanJack, Creator/DemetriMartin as Music/TinyTim, Creator/EmoPhillips as Creator/SalvadorDali, Creator/PaulFTompkins as Creator/{{Gallagher}}, Creator/DavidDastmalchian as [[Music/{{Queen}} John Deacon]], and Music/TheLonelyIsland members Jorma Taccone and Akiva Schaffer as Creator/PaulReubens and Music/AliceCooper respectively. ''[[AllStarCast Damn.]]''

** Al originally intended to have Music/FreddieMercury appear in the pool party scene to confront Al into writing "Another One Rides the Bus". However, when clearing the rights to use the song, the only stipulation Al got from the surviving members of Music/{{Queen}} was that Freddie Mercury would not be depicted or mentioned in the movie. Al then attempted to work around this by having the members of Music/TheLonelyIsland appear as ''[[ExactWords the other three members of Queen]]'', but Creator/AndySamberg was unavailable. [[note]] Jorma Taccone and Akiva Schaffer ''do'' appear in the film as [[Creator/PaulRubens Pee-Wee Herman]] and Music/AliceCooper, respectively. Ultimately, the film only features Queen's bassist John Deacon (who wrote "Another One Bites the Dust"), who was played by David Dastmalchian.

** Creator/PattonOswalt was supposed to reprise the role of Creator/DrDemento for this film. Unfortunately, Oswalt broke his foot just before production was supposed to start. There were brief talks of working around the injury, but it was decided to recast the role, with Creator/RainnWilson taking over, because the production schedule was too tight to afford even slight delays. However...