Ana de Armas offers some unlikely sketch pitches in the first promo for her Saturday Night Live hosting debut.
The actress, fresh off her Oscar nomination for playing Marilyn Monroe in Netflix’s Blond, will headline the April 15 episode of NBC’s long-running comedy series. Karol G makes her too SNL debut as a musical guest.
In a video released Wednesday, cast member Chloe Fineman stops by the Armas at the show’s offices and asks if she has any ideas for the upcoming episode. De Armas replies, “OK, so I was like, ‘Please, please no,’ mixed with ‘Who are you?'”
After Fineman replies with some nonsensical sketch suggestions of her own, De Armas returns with, “I thought ‘Shh’ mixed with ‘I’ll break your neck!'” Knives out star that grabs Fineman by the throat.
Both performers then do their own renditions of animal noises before making a tough decision about the fate of their bizarre part.
De Armas will star opposite Chris Evans in the upcoming Apple TV+ action comedy Ghostedwill debut later this month.
The actress told The Hollywood Reporter during a recent interview she remains proud of Blond, despite the polarizing critical response to the Andrew Dominik-directed biopic. “It’s hard to hear these reactions, but you can always go back to what you went through, and why you did it, and the reasons you were attracted to the project,” the star said at the time. “That’s not going to change.”
