Amy Poehler talks about star-studded night time of ‘SNL 50’
Amy Poehler recalled having fun with star-studded SNL 50 occasion alongside Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson.
In a current podcast episode of Conan O’Brien Wants a Pal, the Saturday Night time Dwell alum shared one of many main highlights of the weekend celebrating the present’s fiftieth anniversary in February.
“My fun name drop of that weekend was there were so many people that people had to share dressing rooms,” mentioned Poehler, who starred within the late-night sketch collection from 2001 to 2008.
“So, I was sharing my dressing room with Meryl Streep. Just like a fan. I took a picture of the door that said my name and Meryl Streep and it was really cool,” she added.
Poehler additional revealed that she was amazed by Streep’s dedication in direction of her debut function on the particular. “She was getting ready for her sketch and really rehearsing it.”
She went on to say, “and I remember thinking, ‘I never rehearsed as hard as Meryl Streep is in this one moment.’ I was like, ‘Don’t overthink it! Just be loud!'”
Along with sharing a dressing room with Streep, Poehler was fortunate sufficient to take a seat subsequent to Jack Nicholson within the viewers throughout the particular.
“It was a night of famous alumni and people. I sat down and turned to my left and it was Jack Nicholson,” Poehler mentioned on the podcast. “I was like, ‘Of course. My old friend, my dear friend Jack Nicholson.'”
O’Brien responded by saying that in such moments, he simply tries to behave pure because it is sensible for all the large stars to be there. “I just say, ‘Of course Jack Nicholson is here. Of course my comedy heroes are here.'”
Poehler agreed, saying, “I mean, you have to fake it!”
Poehler additionally starred in two SNL50 sketches as she additionally reprised her Bronx Beat sketch.