'SNL': Oscar Isaac Unveils Childhood Precursor to 'Moon Knight' in Monologue · The 'Star Wars' actor will join the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the upcoming ...
Isaac gave the dad, Bruce, a shoutout and added that NBCUniversal made him sign a licensing agreement in order to show the home videos (“The Avenger, coming this fall to Peacock!”) “Because every once in a while, one of those weirdos grows up to host SNL.” This was The Avenger, which is a movie I wrote, directed, and starred in when I was 10 years old.
When Oscar Isaac was announced as the Saturday Night Live host, I was psyched—and a little worried. While his breakout role in the Coen brothers' Inside ...
The musical guest was Charli XCX, who makes a kind of dance-pop I really like. When the original cast would self-refer—when Bill Murray would do a confessional monologue about how he feared he wasn’t “making it on the show”—it was different and interesting. That wasn’t the case tonight, which was the strongest Update of the season so far. He was comfortable in everything and elevated everything he was in. It was a reminder of how great a utility player Bryant has been on the show and a sharp comment on sizeism. I am really impressed by Sherman—I think her Weekend Update debut was one of the highlights of the season so far—and I get that body horror is one of her things. This was a random choice for the first sketch. He introduced himself to those unfamiliar with his work and quickly dispatched something of an elephant in the room, noting that his last name is Hernandez, or, “as casting directors call it, ethnically ambiguous.” He proceeded to show home video footage of a VHS home movie he made as an eight-year-old called “The Avenger,” a ninja pastiche that ended with him licking a bloody sword. It was a cute idea that ran aground in about a minute. The Aidy’s Dream sketch was a much-deserved showcase for SNL’s secret weapon, Aidy Bryant. The premise: She’s played teachers, principals, and hausfrauen for 10 years, and if she did 150 of such roles, SNL would let her write her own sketch. “The real victims of this invasion—the oligarchs.” While his breakout role in the Coen brothers’ Inside Llewyn Davis showed he was capable of a light(ish) touch, Isaac was still a Juilliard-trained actor who specialized in heavy lifting of themes both supernatural (Star Wars, X-Men, Dune) and marital (HBO’s recent Scenes from a Marriage). You root for any SNL host who is that proficient.
Tonight, Oscar Isaac made his debut as host of 'SNL', speaking in his opening monologue.
This, he said, is “kind of a full-circle moment” given the fact that the first movie he was ever in was The Avenger. “Not The Avengers, which was a massive blockbuster. And the reason is, it’s important to encourage kids to be weirdos,” said Isaac, as he was handed a bloody prop sword to lick on stage. Cut to Isaac “acting [his] heart out” as his friend Bruce’s dad cleans his pool in the background. This was The Avenger, which is a movie I wrote, directed and starred in when I was 10 years old,” he explained. “Yeah,” he deadpanned, “I could play anyone in that joke.” The actor went on to say that while his stage name is Oscar Isaac, his full name is Oscar Isaac Hernández Estrada. “I said to Hollywood, ‘You can pick two of these names.’ Guess what they went with?
Dua Lipa seemed delighted that Oscar Isaac gave a live reading of Dua Lipa fan fiction on 'SNL.'
“I’ve never done it before,” she says in his story. “My name is Dua Lipa,” says the woman in the story. Continuing with his story, he reads: “The janitor paused.
This week's 'SNL' — hosted by Oscar Isaac with musical guest Charli XCX — tackled Ukraine, Anna Delvey and Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' bill.
What if the setting of Nickelodeon’s popular children’s cartoon, “PAW Patrol,” was a real town? “When I was in middle school in the ‘90s, I was tortured by the constant use of the word gay. I think that was a bad idea, and I’m not alone.... “I called the president of Ukraine pathetic. ... If the ‘90s were right, and gay means bad, then this is the gayest law I have ever seen.” “I kept saying we should be more worried about our own border getting invaded by Mexico,” Moffat’s Carlson added. And I think these laws are lesbians — sorry, unconscionable. And in Florida, of all places.” Because, every once in a while, one of those weirdos grows up to host ‘SNL.’” “We did sound pretty awful in hindsight and foresight,” McKinnon’s Ingraham said. I’m half Guatemalan, half Cuban. Or, as casting directors call that, ‘ethnically ambiguous.’ According to them, I can play anything from a pharaoh to Timothée Chalamet’s daddy.” “I said to Hollywood, ‘You can pick two of these names.’ Guess what they went with?
Aidy Bryant starred opposite Oscar Isaac in a sketch called “Aidy's Dream” in last night's episode of Saturday Night Live.
Longtime Saturday Night Live cast member Aidy Bryant is sick and tired of playing “teachers, principals, mothers, and women named Diane, Susan, or Teacher,” as Bryant describes in a straight-to-camera introduction on Watch the full sketch above. Longtime Saturday Night Live cast member Aidy Bryant is sick and tired of playing “teachers, principals, mothers, and women named Diane, Susan, or Teacher,” as Bryant describes in a straight-to-camera introduction on last night’s episode of SNL. Bryant explains that she has convinced/tricked host Oscar Isaac into starring opposite her “recurring” character, “The Sexual Woman,” in a sketch called “Aidy’s Dream.” Her ten-year SNL tenure, according to Bryant, has more than earned her the right to write a sketch that “shows a different side of herself.” Fans of Bryant, however, will definitely recognize her trademarks in “The Sexual Woman” — an old-timey fancy-lady caricature inspired by Golden Age Hollywood, a character type that Bryant herself has described to Vulture as “baggooo ladies.” In any case, “Aidy’s Dream” is a delightful five minutes, made all the more enjoyable by Bryant’s boundless charm and Isaac’s weird lisp.
In the homemade clip, a young Oscar Isaac plays "a ninja assassin training to fight his nemesis"
Outside of SNL, Isaac has had a busy last few years, starring in movies like The Card Counter, Dune, and The Addams Family 2 in 2021 alone. No, no, this was The Avenger, which is a movie that I wrote, directed, and starred in when I was 10 years old," he joked. The actor also starred in a hilarious sketch where he wooed castmember Aidy Bryant.
Doing a weird character with an outrageous wig, Isaac played a janitor who loved reading but wasn't really that much of a writer (he dabbles) but when the ...
Well, he only gets to read them the first chapter of his saga with the pop singer, so who knows where it would have ended up. That's all it is, and my personal biggest complaint is that the two women in that group would have probably instantly clocked it as such and understood what was happening over the two men (played by Chris Redd and James Austin Johnson). Because look, that's all he was doing. Both Heidi Gardner and Melissa Villaseñor both don't love that the story is clearly about Isaac as Mike and his fictionalized version of Dua Lipa (who came to the high school fresh from her European tour).