Timothée Chalamet took the SNL internet hosting reins for the second time in three years on Saturday, entering into the highlight simply days after the conclusion of the SAG-AFTRA strike.
The actor was again to advertise his upcoming movie, Wonka, and did so with a mixture of musical numbers, contemporary skits and a pair recurring characters from his first time on the SNL stage again in 2020.
Right here’s a have a look at the most important head-turning moments of the evening.
Chalamet’s monologue
To have fun the tip of the actors’ strike — and promote his new film — Chalamet’s monologue included a remix of the well-known track “Pure Creativeness” from Charlie and the Chocolate Manufacturing unit, with lyrics centered round actors getting again to work.
From there, the monologue took a pointy left flip as Chalamet was joined onstage by solid members Marcello Hernandez, Keenan Thompson and Punkie Johnson as Nicki Minaj, to do a enjoyable, albeit random, rap track about having a child face. As a result of, effectively, all of them have child faces?
Chalamet’s recurring characters
The present included two call-backs to Chalamet’s earlier stint as host, with one being the return of the tiny horse. However this time round it wasn’t tiny anymore, and their relationship has advanced a bit.
Additionally making his triumphant return to SNL was Chalamet’s rapper character SmokeCheddaDaAssGetta, who first appeared as a part of a rap duo with Pete Davidson as Guaplord. This time SmokeChedda appeared solo as part of a museum of hip-hop panel, the place he didn’t fairly slot in with the likes of Mary J. Blige (Johnson), Rick Rubin (James Austin Johnson) and Dr. Cornel West (Thompson).
Chalamet’s influencer sketch
Together with a quick stint impersonating Martin Scorsese throughout a pre-taped bit, Chalamet additionally appeared as Australian pop star Troye Sivan for a sketch. He was showing as a sleep paralysis demon for a personality performed by solid member Sarah Sherman.
The large cameo of the evening — which has been somewhat of theme thus far this season — got here throughout a late sketch referred to as Calm Sleep Story. In it, Chalamet is employed to learn a chilled sleep story however it doesn’t fairly work out as a result of he has hassle vibing with the offended really feel of the story.
He ultimately will get canned, so the subsequent story-reader is introduced in and it’s none other than Alec Baldwin, leaning into his offended popularity with a yell and a clap to finish the scene.
Criticism for SNL
Throughout a sketch with SNL comedy troupe Please Don’t Destroy, Chalamet played a wannabe musician on the verge of leaping off a constructing to his demise. However one joke made particularly through the pre-taped video has proven to be a bit polarizing and probably in poor taste.
One other sketch, wherein Britney Spears (Chloe Fineman) shows off other celebrities that attempted out to learn the audio portion of her new biography, drew criticism from Spears’ supervisor and others round social media for making gentle of what’s a severe e-book with parts of trauma.
A glance forward
SNL is new as soon as once more on Nov. 18 with Aquaman and the Misplaced Kingdom star Jason Momoa set to host and pop singer Tate McRae dealing with the musical performances.
Saturday Night time Dwell airs Saturdays at 11:30 p.m. on NBC.
