Evan Rachel Wooddid her homework before playingMadonna.
At PEOPLE andEntertainment Weekly’s photo and video studio at the 2022Toronto International Film Festivalon Friday, Wood, 34, talked studying Madonna, 64, to get ready for the part.
“This is one of the most fun projects I’ve worked on,” says Wood. “I felt like, oh no, now I’m only gonna wanna do comedies because it was such a great experience. … It was very hard to keep a straight face most of the time.”
She says “everyone had fun” working on bringing the largely fictionalized Madonna character to life, from wardrobe and costume to hair and makeup.
Evan Rachel Wood as Madonna inWEIRD: The Al Yankovic Story.the roku channel
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“And I spent a few weeks before shooting just bingeing Madonna interviews from the early ’80s and her music videos and things,” says Wood. “It was fun. It’s always fun to get to go back and revisit and be like, ‘Oh, right — she’s a genius.’ There’s a reason why she’s Madonna.”
Wood says she wanted to keep the costumes afterward. “Every day it was just as fun as the first time I put it on,” she says of the Madonna looks. “I would just constantly film myself dancing around and Dubsmashing in my trailer. But I don’t think I got to keep anything.”
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Director Appel shares that they haven’t heard any reactions from the real-life Madonna about the movie.
“I hope that she loves it,” he says. “I feel like Madonna has a sense of humor. … I think she’ll like it.”
Adds Radcliffe, 33, “I second that. I’m sure. It’s great — and you’re playing her,” signaling to Wood. “Who could not love that?”
Weird: The Al Yankovic Storydebuts on The Roku Channel Nov. 4.
source: people.com
