In preparation for his role as "Weird Al" Yankovic, the actor also learned to play the accordion Kelsie Gibson is the SEO Editor of PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2021. She was ...

Yankovic would be turning down a $12 million deal. Had “Weird Al” taken that five million in 1990 and invested it in a run-of ...

But in real life, Al's mom chose the accordion over a guitar because she thought it'd make him like a "one-man band." In a separate interview, Yankovic joked, "My parents — being the visionaries ...

Lin-Manuel Miranda says he talked Weird Al 'out of working' with ... Radcliffe wants to keep playing the accordion after learning it for Weird: The Al Yankovic Story Daniel Radcliffe gets laughs ...

Miller (As Told To) Photography by Robyn von Swank When “Weird Al” Yankovic attended Elton John’s Goodbye ... annoy the people in my college dorm by playing that song on the accordion. My favorite ...

The Al Yankovic Story elaborates on the icon's humble beginnings, when his mother, Mary (Julianne Nicholson), secretly ...

Daniel Radcliffe plays Weird Al in 'Weird: The Al Yankovic Story,' a new biopic ... Nevertheless, he continues on his musical journey, accordion in hand. He soon goes from playing polka gigs ...