- Evan Rachel Wood said Daniel Radcliffe's mustache in "Weird: The Al Yankovic Story" is real.
- Radcliffe plays the titular musician in the film, sporting his curly hair and thick mustache.
- "If you can avoid fake facial hair, you should," Radcliffe said at New York Comic Con.
Daniel Radcliffe said his mustache in "Weird: The Al Yankovic Story" is completely real — even if the iconic hair he wears in the film isn't.
Radcliffe appeared at a New York Comic Con panel on Sunday along with costar Evan Rachel Wood, who plays Madonna, as well as director Eric Appel and the real Al Yankovic, who tuned in virtually. The actor spoke about the physical transformation he undertook in order to match Yankovic's iconic 1980s look.
"I got so used to seeing you in the wig and the mustache," Wood said to Radcliffe during the panel. She then addressed the audience: "That was his real mustache."
"If you can avoid fake facial hair, you should," Radcliffe said, after thanking the audience for their cheers. "There's advice for you."
Radcliffe previously said on "The View" that while the mustache was real, his hair in the film wasn't: "Real mustache, fake hair," the actor said.
"Weird: The Al Yankovic Story" is a comedy biopic about the titular musical parodist. While it's about Yankovic, known for his parody songs like "Like a Surgeon" (a spoof of Madonna's "Like A Virgin"), it's also a commentary on the musical biopic genre and has a distinctly satirical tone.
During the panel, Wood said while it's "weird" to no longer be in costume, it was sometimes a surreal experience watching themselves.
"What was so funny is the first scene was shot was us crashing into things and making out furiously," Wood said. "But then we would watch playback, and we're dressed like Madonna and Weird Al, watching it and going, 'That's what that would look like, that's what that looks like. That's Madonna and Weird Al.'"
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