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<blockquote data-quote="UPROXX" data-source="post: 44514" data-attributes="member: 81"><a href="https://uproxx.com/tv/amy-berg-interview-phoenix-rising-hbo-evan-rachel-wood/" target="_blank">Evan Rachel Wood</a> might be in the midst of promoting the <a href="https://uproxx.com/tv/westworld-season-four-trailer/" target="_blank">new season of Westworld</a>, but that doesn’t mean she can’t show off her pretty impressive vocal skills. While stopping by The Tonight Show on Thursday, Wood not only opened up about her upcoming <a href="https://uproxx.com/movies/evan-rachel-wood-madonna-weird-al-biopic/" target="_blank">role as Madonna</a> in Roku’s Weird Al Yankovic biopic, but she gave the audience a taste of how well she can channel the iconic girl by belting out a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_EoS9Hn4nM" target="_blank">performance of “Material Girl”</a> at Fallon’s request.According to Wood, she’s become prone to using her Madonna voice to “disarm” interviewers. As for taking on the iconic role, she felt much better playing the singer in the Weird Al movie than the full-fledged Madonna biopic that stars <a href="https://uproxx.com/movies/julia-garner-madonna-biopic-ozark/" target="_blank">Julia Garner</a> in the coveted role, which she deemed “too much pressure.” Regarding her casting, Wood added, “Honestly, like I thought I was gonna take a break the rest of the year, and then I got an email and the first thing I read is ‘You’ve been offered the role of Madonna,’ and I just burst out laughing like…. you just spit your drink out when you read that. Like, you’re not expecting that as a Tuesday.”As for when you can see Wood play Madonna in Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, Roku has yet to provide a release date for the biopic that stars a surprisingly ripped <a href="https://uproxx.com/movies/weird-the-al-yankovic-story-teaser-trailer/" target="_blank">Daniel Radcliffe</a> in the title role. However, the film is scheduled to premiere some time this year, which is already halfway over, so the wait shouldn’t be too long.(Via <a href="https://www.avclub.com/evan-rachel-wood-madonna-weird-al-biopic-1849105875" target="_blank">The AV Club</a>)<a href="https://uproxx.com/movies/evan-rachel-wood-madonna-weird-al-movie/" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="UPROXX, post: 44514, member: 81"] [URL='https://uproxx.com/tv/amy-berg-interview-phoenix-rising-hbo-evan-rachel-wood/']Evan Rachel Wood[/URL] might be in the midst of promoting the [URL='https://uproxx.com/tv/westworld-season-four-trailer/']new season of [I]Westworld[/I][/URL], but that doesn’t mean she can’t show off her pretty impressive vocal skills. While stopping by [I]The Tonight Show[/I] on Thursday, Wood not only opened up about her upcoming [URL='https://uproxx.com/movies/evan-rachel-wood-madonna-weird-al-biopic/']role as Madonna[/URL] in Roku’s Weird Al Yankovic biopic, but she gave the audience a taste of how well she can channel the iconic girl by belting out a [URL='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_EoS9Hn4nM']performance of “Material Girl”[/URL] at Fallon’s request. According to Wood, she’s become prone to using her Madonna voice to “disarm” interviewers. As for taking on the iconic role, she felt much better playing the singer in the Weird Al movie than the full-fledged Madonna biopic that stars [URL='https://uproxx.com/movies/julia-garner-madonna-biopic-ozark/']Julia Garner[/URL] in the coveted role, which she deemed “too much pressure.” Regarding her casting, Wood added, “Honestly, like I thought I was gonna take a break the rest of the year, and then I got an email and the first thing I read is ‘You’ve been offered the role of Madonna,’ and I just burst out laughing like…. you just spit your drink out when you read that. Like, you’re not expecting that as a Tuesday.” As for when you can see Wood play Madonna in [I]Weird: The Al Yankovic Story[/I], Roku has yet to provide a release date for the biopic that stars a surprisingly ripped [URL='https://uproxx.com/movies/weird-the-al-yankovic-story-teaser-trailer/']Daniel Radcliffe[/URL] in the title role. However, the film is scheduled to premiere some time this year, which is already halfway over, so the wait shouldn’t be too long. (Via [URL='https://www.avclub.com/evan-rachel-wood-madonna-weird-al-biopic-1849105875']The AV Club[/URL]) [url="https://uproxx.com/movies/evan-rachel-wood-madonna-weird-al-movie/"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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