Actor Daniel Radcliffe raps Alphabet Aerobics' on 'The Tonight Show'鈥� watch it here
Daniel Radcliffe, who stars in the upcoming movie 'Horns,' showed off his rap skills on a recent appearance on 'The Tonight Show' by performing the song 'Alphabet Aerobics' by Blackalicious.
Daniel Radcliffe, who stars in the upcoming movie 'Horns,' showed off his rap skills on a recent appearance on 'The Tonight Show' by performing the song 'Alphabet Aerobics' by Blackalicious.
During his press tour for the upcoming film 鈥淗orns,鈥� actor Daniel Radcliffe showed off his rapping skills during an appearance on 鈥淭he Tonight Show.鈥�
Radcliffe performed the song 鈥淎lphabet Aerobics鈥� by Blackalicious on the Oct. 28 episode of 鈥淭onight.鈥�
鈥淚nitially I got into Eminem鈥� I think I was the first kid in my class to learn all the words to 'Real Slim Shady,'鈥� Radcliffe told host Jimmy Fallon before Radcliffe鈥檚 performance. He said he is a fan of British rapper Plan B. 鈥淚've always had an obsession with鈥� memorizing complicated, lyrically intricate and fast songs, I guess.鈥澛�
Fallon brought up 鈥淎lphabet鈥� and asked him, 鈥淵ou know how to do that whole song?鈥澛�
鈥淚 do, yes,鈥� Radcliffe replied.
Fallon handed him a microphone, which was met with cheering from the audience.聽
As Radcliffe rapped, Fallon held up signs with the letters of the alphabet behind the actor, hopping up and down as Radcliffe rapped more quickly. Radcliffe got a standing ovation from the crowd. Check out the full video of the performance above.
Radcliffe has showed off his vocal skills before 鈥� he played the lead role in a Broadway production of the musical 鈥淗ow to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying鈥� from 2011 to 2012.聽
The 鈥淗arry Potter鈥� actor is starring in the upcoming movie 鈥淗orns,鈥� which hits theaters on Oct. 31 and is based on the horror novel of the same name by Joe Hill. The actor plays Ignatius Perrish, who is suspected by the residents of his small New Hampshire town of having murdered his girlfriend (Juno Temple). One morning, he wakes up with horns coming out of his forehead and finds that people suddenly want to tell him their secrets.
Speaking about those horns in an interview with The Independent, Radcliffe said, 鈥淛oe Hill once said to me that explanation in fantasy is death鈥� The darkness [of the role] is what appealed to me. Ig suddenly becomes aware that everybody has these evil, horrendous thoughts inside them, which he doesn鈥檛 want to know, and he ends up鈥� I was about to say that he ends up having sympathy for the devil.鈥�