WEIRD: THE AL YANKOVIC STORY Q&A | TIFF 2022

“The team behind WEIRD: THE AL YANKOVIC STORY in conversation with TIFF in advance of its premiere at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival. Daniel Radcliffe dons “Weird Al” Yankovic’s Hawaiian shirt and accordion in Eric Appel’s infectiously entertaining and hyperbolic biopic about the legendary parody songsmith. The 47th Toronto International Film Festival runs September 8 to 18, 2022. For more, visit . Born from writer-director Eric Appel’s 2010 viral video which dared to tease the unvarnished, “true” account of ”Weird Al” Yankovic’s meteoric rise from a humble accordion player who replaced the lyrics of popular songs with funny new ones to a rich and famous celebrity accordion player who continued to replace the lyrics of popular songs with funny new ones, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story is an uproariously entertaining tell-all about the comedy and music legend, as well as a side-splitting skewing of all the music biopics that preceded it. But a great biopic is only e