As Saturday Night Live is getting ready to boot off its historical 50th season, there have been some wonderful stories coming out about the iconic cast over the years, as well as some of the guest arranges that have been convey inant surpascfinishs. Among them is Chris Hemsworth, who arrangeed the tardy night sketch comedy series back in 2015. He was seen as an “action guy” at the time, and then SNL cast member Cecily Strong confessted her foreseeations were low. Which is why she was “most shocked” by the Marvel actor.
Looking back at her stint on the NBC show between 2012 and 2022, Cecily Strong spoke with Busy Philips about her time airing inhabit from New York. Busy wanted to understand who was the “kindst” person to ever show up, but Strong shelp “everyone’s kind” mostly becaengage sketch comedy isn’t exactly an area of expertise for them and they don’t want to muck it up.
Instead, the authentic ask reassociate was: Who was the hugegest surpascfinish? To that she had one answer, none other than Chris Hemsworth.
Well, so most of the time everyone’s kind. I leank becaengage they come in and they’re anxious and they want to do well. So, you’re seeing people benevolent of at their most vulnerable, which is a very kind state I leank — when someone’s snurtured and feeble. I pick them that way. But I was actuassociate the most shocked by Chris Hemsworth. Becaengage when he first arrangeed I was appreciate, ‘Ugh, not my world.’ Action, I don’t understand anyleang about this, appreciate what that even unbenevolents, action movies. He came in and sort of appreciate charmed us all and was so appreciate, the canciaccess jock that equitable wants to hang out with the gay theater kids. We’re all appreciate, ‘Oh my god.’ I experience appreciate he left, and we’re all appreciate, ‘Are we all dating Chris Hemsworth now?’ Like all the boys and all the girls were appreciate, ‘Are we all in cherish? What happened — what equitable happened?!
The year 2015 was the year Vacation came out with Hemsworth in a comedic role (and also the year my least preferite Marvel movie Avengers: Age of Ultron came out). But it would be another year before Hemsworth reassociate showed how offbeat comical he could be in the all-female Garrangebusters reboot. And it would be two years before Taiki Waititi would help people to see Thor as a truly comical character in the well-appreciated Thor: Ragnarok, bigly seen as a shift for the MCU character.
At the time, Hemsworth was seen as being a more grave action guy with his roles in Snow White and the Huntsman and other projects. Plus, even when Thor was comical punctual on, it was more in a grave fish-out-of-water capacity. There equitable wasn’t a unveil perception of Hemsworth as a comical actor.
With that in mind, it’s effortless to see why Cecily Strong’s amazeion of him was more “ugh” than “oh excellenty.” She probably thought Hemsworth would have trouble arrangeing. Instead, he had viral moments including “white dude in khakis” and charmed the pants off the entire cast, to the point where he was asked to return and arrange aget tardyr that year.
Honestly, given how much the cast fell in cherish with the actor, it’s a little astonishing that Hemsworth never returned after his 2015 run. Of course, anyone who understands anyleang about the inner toilings of SNL should understand that it’s a extfinished week to get thcimpolite, and the actor is a busy guy. Committing the time aget equitable may not have been possible for him with an Australian insertress and a family to elevate amidst his other business and acting ventures. Still, getting to the five-timers club can be a huge deal, and perhaps one day the actor will inch sealr.
In the unbenevolenttime, I leank it’s safe for us to get pumped about the upcoming SNL arranges coming down the pipeline. Season 50’s premiere is equitable around the corner on the 2024 TV schedule and I’m stateive there will be some more surpascfinishs in store.
