Jack Black Is ‘Having Lots of Nightmares’ Ahead of ‘Snl’ Return
Jack Black admitted in an interview with Variety that he’s “having lots of nightmares” about his April 5th gig on Saturday Night Live, his first time hosting the show in nearly 20 years. Black, 55, last hosted SNL on December 17, 2005, while promoting Peter Jackson’s remake of King Kong. He also hosted twice more, in 2002 and 2003.
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Calling his return to Studio 8H “cray cray,” Black admitted he was having some self-doubts about hosting. “Just so you know, having lots of nightmares, and night terrors, and also fond memories flooding back. It’s crazy, very exciting,” he said.
“You know what they’re thinking about right now? They are just all in a dead coma from last night’s show,” Black continued of the SNL cast and crew. “Maybe some of them are thinking of some ideas, but I’m really thinking it’s one of those shows they put together in one week, that’s part of the excitement.”
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Still, Black said he was excited to collaborate with “all those kids” at SNL. “I call them kids because I was on that show before some of them were born — except for Kenan [Thompson], we’re around the same age. That’s about it,” the actor joked of 22-season veteran Thompson, 46.
Though it’s been almost 20 years since Black took to the SNL stage as host, he did appear as a musical guest in 2006 with Kyle Gass as part of Tenacious D. Elton John and Brandi Carlisle will serve as musical guests for Black’s episode this weekend.
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