RuPaul's Drag Race queen Nina West plays drag icon Divine in Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

RuPaul's Drag Race queen Nina West plays drag icon Divine in Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

Entertainment Weekly-Movie·2022-09-10 20:01

Miss Congeniality is getting down, dirty, and weird as the drag legend once proudly named "the filthiest person alive."

EW can exclusively reveal that RuPaul's Drag Race season 11 alum and Hairspray stage star Nina West will play Divine — the drag performer and John Waters muse who made waves in 1972 cult classic Pink Flamingos — opposite Daniel Radcliffe's titular character in Weird: The Al Yankovic Story.

Weird, a satirical biopic directed by Eric Appel, is slated to premiere midnight ET on Friday as part of the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival lineup.

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