![]() LYNDSEY PARKER: When I went to the Beyond Fest, and they had the Q&A, someone said a question, said- it's dark humor. And I would have hoped that he would have gotten a kick out of it. And I was hoping that he would be around to see it in the movie. But I mean, you know, obviously, Coolio and I had patched things up, and we were on good terms, and it was a joke. I mean, obviously, that- that cameo isn't hitting the same way that I was intending it to hit. And there's, like, a bit with Queen Elizabeth during the end credits. In fact, it was a little embarrassing, or awkward at least, when the day that the movie premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival was the day that Queen Elizabeth died. But it was sort of like the train had left the building. And- if Coolio had passed while we were editing, that would have been a discussion. WEIRD AL YANKOVIC: Yeah, I mean, you know, the picture was locked. You know, I guess I just wonder if you thought about, in light of the fact that he passed, does that hit different to you? Did you think about maybe removing that reference, since it's so small? And I saw on the day he passed, you posted a nice tribute on your Instagram with the two of you embracing. We all know that you had, you know, some differences with Coolio, but patched things up. There is a reference at the very end to Coolio. LYNDSEY PARKER: But like I said, obviously, there are references to real things that happened. And you go, oh, yeah, I'll do that, which is not very cinematic, you know? So you have to, like, embellish it a little bit and make it more palatable for- for the audience. Because when inspiration strikes, usually, like, you're in a room by yourself. That's the thing with these- the music biopics, is it's hard to show inspiration striking. WEIRD AL YANKOVIC: It was nothing like the movie, obviously. But since we are separating the fact from the fiction, I actually do want to know how you first wrote "My Bologna." Because that's a big, like, kind of turning point, very, like, "Walk Hard," you know, "Walk the Line," "Bohemian Rhapsody" kind of scene where you have this epiphany with the luncheon meat. But maybe other people will be like, wait a minute, that's not how "My Bologna" got written. LYNDSEY PARKER: I'm really excited to think of all, like, the Weird Al, like, superfans who- actually, your superfans will get what you are. So I thought, when I do my biopic, we're just throwing facts out the window. But it drove me- as a fan, it drove me crazy. But some people will probably think, oh, he really did play "Crocodile Rock" at the Troubadour even though he hadn't written that until four years later, you know? It's just, like, the little things like that that they changed, which drove me nuts, you know? Like, why did you change that?Īnd you have to realize it's not a documentary. WEIRD AL YANKOVIC: But- but like that- like at the Troubadour, I mean, we know that they didn't levitate. If you watch "Bohemian Rhapsody" or whatever, when you watch "Rocketman," Elton John, I'm pretty sure he didn't levitate at the Troubadour when he played. But we all know that all, like, biopics, like, take liberties. LYNDSEY PARKER: I think it's hilarious that there are people who think a lot of this is real. LYNDSEY PARKER: I'm surprised you don't have the data in front of you, with all the fact checkers you had to, you know. But it's sort of- it certainly happened more than once. You know, I don't have all the data in front of me. ![]() They said, oh, we've sold, like, another million units of "Nevermind" after "Smells Like Nirvana" came out. We heard from Nirvana's label, profusely thanking me. Because I have heard from a number of artists that their sales went up when- when my parody came out. And this Yankovic bump thing is actually one of the things that's based in reality. WEIRD AL YANKOVIC: You know, there are some nuggets of truth sprinkled throughout the movie, most of which sound as fake as everything else. There's this big plot point about the, like, Yankovic bump, that basically, when you parody a song, a real life song by a real life artist, it causes their sales or their streams to spike. But there are some things that I want to, you know, kind of separate the fact from the fiction- the whole Madonna thing, and the fact that, without giving too much away, she approaches you and uses you, evil woman that she is, because she wants that- she wants that, you know, that juicy Yankovic bump. LYNDSEY PARKER: You know, so yeah, maybe you took a few liberties. I know the fact checkers were working overtime on this one, for sure. LYNDSEY PARKER: So I'm completely excited to talk about this completely accurate, 100% accurate film, Weird. Yahoo Entertainment’s Lyndsey Parker sat down with Weird Al Yankovich to discuss his new biopic Weird, and just accurate it really is, or isn’t.
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