Breaking Bad actor Aaron Paul was supposed to make a cameo in Eric Appel’s Weird Al Yankovic biopic, but life happened.In 2010, Paul appeared in a Funny or Die sketch directed by Eric Appel called Weird: The Al Yankovic Story.
In the sketch, Paul plays Yankovic and also stars Olivia Wilde, and Patton Oswalt. Things have come full circle as now Appel is co-writer (with Al Yankovic), and director of the new biopic coming out.
In an interview with CinemaBlend, Paul mentions how he loves the fact that Daniel Radcliffe is lead in the film.“It’s so great.
I loved doing that. I love Al [Yankovic], I love Eric Appel, who wrote the skit for Funny Or Die and directed it. And he wrote the film with Al, and he’s directing the feature as well.
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