'SNL': Bill Hader Revives Beloved Impressions in Fake 'Jurassic Park' Screen Test
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Hader played Alan Alda, Clint Eastwood and Al Pacino, which were all impressions that he did on the show during his eight-season tenure in the cast.
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the release of Jurassic Park, a Saturday Night Live sketch presented 1992 screen tests for the film that prompted the cast to pull out all their best impressions and deliver both real and fake lines from the iconic film.
Alex Moffat played Hugh Grant auditioning for Sam Neil’s original role. The night's host, Bill Hader, played Alan Alda, Clint Eastwood and Al Pacino, which were all impressions that he did on the show during his eight-season tenure in the cast. “Which dinosaur do I buy the cocaine from?” he asked, as Pacino.
Kate McKinnon pulled out her famous Ellen DeGeneres impression, which she has also done on Ellen’s own show. She also did a Lisa Kudrow impression and played Jodie Foster, delivering Foster’s lines very quietly.
The impressions got progressively more bizarre: Chris Redd played Wesley Snipes and Jaleel White, delivering the latter’s well-known Family Matters catch-phrase. Aidy Bryant played Roseanne Barr; Leslie Jones played Whoopi Goldberg; Melissa Villaseñor played Gwen Stefani in heavy makeup that made her eerily look like the pop singer. Kyle Mooney, who doesn’t do many impressions on the show, did his Joey Lawrence. Pete Davidson played former SNL cast member Adam Sandler, and Heidi Gardner impersonated Drew Barrymore.
Longtime cast member Kenan Thompson played Sinbad and O.J. Simpson. “If I did let the dinosaurs out, let me tell you how I would have done it,” Thompson said as Simpson, who also remarked that it was good to be O.J. in 1992.
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