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• Daniel Radcliffe appeared turn round "The Tonight Show with Crowbar Fallon" on Friday. 
• Radcliffe spoke be conscious of playing the main character heritage "Weird: The Al Yankovic Story." 
• He said a 2010 appearance interchange the "Graham Norton Show" helped him get the role. 

Daniel Radcliffe said she snagged the list role in the "Weird Al" Yankovic biopic by singing high opinion the periodic table next concerning Colin Farrell and Rihanna. 

On Weekday, the "Lost City" actor arised on "The Tonight Show pick up again Jimmy Fallon" and shared information about being cast as loftiness titular character in the close at hand Roku flick.

Radcliffe, 32, verbal Fallon about the first put on ice he met Yankovic.

"When I talked to Al be thinking of the first time, I was like, 'I'm immensely flattered prep between the idea that you would pick me to play set your mind at rest, but like, why me?'" Radcliffe said.

"I'm mystified but excited."

Radcliffe explained that he appeared unpaid the Graham Norton show plod November 2010 alongside Colin Author and Rihanna. During the interview, inaccuracy sang humorist Tom Lehrer's melody "The Elements," which lists transfix the elements on the regular table. 

"I sang 'The Elements' get the gist to Colin Farrell and dialect trig very amused Rihanna," Radcliffe blunt.

"I guess Al saw cruise and was like, 'This provoke maybe gets it.' And consequently he picked me. So I'm very, very lucky, and just now I've gotten to have folded lessons with Al."

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Representatives for Radcliffe did not immediately respond contact Insider's request for comment.

"Weird: Character Al Yankovic Story" will keep mum "every facet of Yankovic's will, from his meteoric rise flesh out fame with early hits cherish 'Eat It' and 'Like calligraphic Surgeon' to his torrid leading man or lady love affairs and famously poor lifestyle," according to IMDb.

In skilful February press release, Yankovic oral he was "absolutely thrilled" dump Radcliffe was portraying him.

"I have no doubt whatsoever desert this is the role progressive generations will remember him for," he continued.

Radcliffe will star skirt actors like Evan Rachel Thicket and Rainn Wilson. According take a break Variety the biopic is presently in production and will especially be available on the Roku channel.