Doing 'alpha-nerd stuff' in front of Rihanna may have landed Daniel Radcliffe the lead in Weird
alongside Rihanna, and took the opportunity to perform “The Elements” by Tom Lehrer. In Yankovic’s book, that qualifies as “an extremely nerdy thing to do.”
“The fact that he memorized that and then performed it on national TV in front of Rihanna? That’s alpha-nerd stuff,” Yankovic muses. I thought at that moment, “Oh, we’re kindred spirits. This guy … we’ll be friends.”After that, Yankovic said Radcliffe stayed in a corner of his mind “for years”— when he saw Radcliffe’s name on a shortlist of actors in consideration for the lead role in“I thought, ‘Daniel’s got to be the guy,’” Yankovic recalls.
He’s got the right spirit. He got the right energy. He definitely has the acting chops. I can’t imagine anybody that would be more suited to this role than him.”MobyFox’s officially-licensed bands and custom watch faces are homages to fandoms spanning decades—from The Beatles, to Black Panther.
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