Will Ferrell has debuted the first original song from his upcoming Eurovision film, just in time for what should have been the night of this year’s final.
Back in 2018, it was revealed that Will – an apparent super-fan of the annual international music event – was making a film for Netflix based around Eurovision, which will see him portraying fictional Icelandic hopeful Lars Erickssong.
And while the film is seemingly still a little way off being released to the streaming service, Eurovision fans have been treated to the first musical offering from it, in the form of Volcano Man.
The track sees Will performing in character as Lars, alongside vocal contributions from “My Marianne” and we have to say… he’s kind of nailed it.
At this time, it’s not known whether Volcano Man is Will’s character’s actual Eurovision offering (clocking in at just one minute and 21 seconds, it’s awfully short if that’s the case) or just a random song that will be included within the film, but we hopefully won’t have too long to wait to find out.
Eurovision will see Will starring opposite Rachel McAdams, Pierce Brosnan and Demi Lovato, and is expected to debut on Netflix later this year.
Explaining how Eurovision first came to his attention, Will told Graham Norton – who also makes a cameo in the film – on Friday night: “It happened about 20 years ago when we were visiting my wife’s family in Sweden. One evening her cousin suggested we watch it and we sat there for three hours straight.
“I was slack-jawed. I couldn’t believe what I was watching. It was the craziest thing I’d ever seen. Everything you guys see – the spectacle, the humour – it was intoxicating.”
Meanwhile, this year’s actual Eurovision Song Contest was cancelled back in March due to the coronavirus crisis, but there will be alternative programming shown in its place.
On Saturday night, things will kick off at 6.30pm, with a special BBC broadcast Eurovision: Come Together, followed immediately by Eurovision: Europe Shine A Light, billed as a celebration of the acts who should have been competing in 2020.