It was Colin Jost who first suggested Sarah come on Weekend Update as herself — she hadn't considered it presumptuous to propose — and it became the career break that made her face recognizable.
Where this was said
At 48:00 · chapter starts 47:00
Sarah had arrived at SNL fully committed to being a good sport and doing whatever job existed for her — she didn't even have Final Draft until midnight on writing night her first season. She wasn't getting sketches on air and wasn't panicking. Then Colin Jost suggested she just come on Update and be herself. Sarah hadn't considered it — it felt presumptuous. But the Update segments became the defining outlet for her persona: the millennial threat energy, the ritual humiliation of Colin as the ultimate safe target, the comedy of calling someone a pedophile while being equally mean to yourself. Amy celebrates it while gently insisting Sarah take full credit: collaborators set the stage, but you still have to deliver.
SNL makeup head Louis Zakarian can apply a complete bald cap in under two minutes. He rips bird beaks off and slaps googly eyes on in the same breath, and has never once said no to a request — including making it look like Sarah had a speculum blowing her mouth open. He also stops for selfies.
Robby's wife Gabby Windey was the Bachelorette on the TV show, meaning she had 25 male contestants, before eventually coming out and marrying Robby.
Jimmy Tatro noted that The Hawk on Netflix is Will Ferrell's first TV series where he is the lead, despite Ferrell's long movie career.
Jimmy Tatro revealed The Hawk is his fifth time working with Will Ferrell, having gone straight from a movie with Ferrell's team into the series.
Reacher Season 2 attracted 56 million global viewers in a single week, making it one of the most-watched streaming shows in Amazon Prime Video history.
Motor City is a film with zero spoken dialogue, originally conceived by then-Warner Bros. president Greg Silverman so that global audiences could share the same experience without language barriers.
The Motor City script appeared on Hollywood's prestigious Blacklist of best unproduced screenplays as early as 2009 and was greenlit nine times with different directors before finally being made.
Alan Ritchson turned down the role of Hawk on Titans five times before finally accepting, having convinced himself he was destined for Shazam — which he ultimately did not get.
Alan Ritchson's failed Thor audition was so poor the casting director broke protocol to call his team and say he didn't have the craft — a moment Ritchson describes as the career-defining crossroads that sent him to acting school.
Camila Mendes shot Riverdale for 7 consecutive years, 10 months per year, with only 2-month gaps between seasons, leaving no time to stop or rest.
We use essential and analytics cookies to run Vuci. To understand how the site is used: Privacy Policy.
Install Vuci on your phone
Add it to your home screen for a faster, app-like experience.
Install Vuci on your phone
Tap the Share button, then “Add to Home Screen”.
A new version is available
Reload to get the latest Vuci.