While the Emily the Criminal star - who quietly married Jeff Baena in May 2021 - may not have gotten to join SNL as a cast member, she eventually landed the role of April on Parks and Rec, which aired on NBC. Now I’m gonna host it, so my master plan worked!” “They loved me because I did not care about set design at all, and they wanted an intern that had no interest in learning what they did,” she recalled to Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday, noting she frequently spent her time “lurking in the shadows” around the cast. While neither of the Ingrid Goes West star’s characters propelled her enough to land a coveted cast member gig, she did earn an internship in the design department in 2004. Plaza also hoped her “pill-popping housewife” character would be a hit with the show executives - to no avail. I was just trying to like, sex up the news or something.” “I didn’t make it to the Lorne audition, the famous final audition, but I did a preliminary first-round showcase,” the Delaware native recalled during a Tuesday, January 17, appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. “I remember one character I did was like a Puerto Rican news reporter that was always trying to make all of the news stories sexy, even if they were horrific news stories. ![]() Plaza once bombed an early audition to join the cast of ensemble players.Īmy Poehler as Leslie Knope, Aubrey Plaza as April Ludgate, anchor Colin Jost, and anchor Michael Che during Weekend Update on ‘Saturday Night Live.’ Will Heath/NBC Saturday wasn’t the Golden Globe nominee’s first time on the 30 Rock stage. Plaza’s Saturday appearance marked her SNL hosting debut - which also included a spoof of The White Lotus - that she called a “dream come true” in her monologue. The Sisters star even swapped places with Jost to “try” and read off one of his next jokes, however, she had difficulties finding one that wasn’t “too mean.” “So, how much fun is it working here? … I want to pick your brain about this job, about this show because I used to watch this when Seth Meyers did it by himself with no one else and he made it look really easy.” “Look at this! Who knew there were cameras at SNL!” Poehler - who used to helm “Weekend Update” alongside Seth Meyers - joked in character. While Plaza was “annoyed” to answer the New York native’s questions, she directed further inquiries to her “old boss” Leslie Knope (Poehler). She added that citizens could try becoming a “dog catcher and just say you couldn’t find any.From perennial favorites Alec Baldwin and Justin Timberlake to less successful stars Lindsay Lohan and Justin Bieber, Saturday Night Live hosts can make or break the show - see the most memorable hosts! “Everybody should get involved where they live, if you’re young you should get a job as a garbage man or something,” April suggested. The sketch started with anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che welcoming April to the segment so she could “encourage young people to get involved in local government,” since she is a civil servant of the Parks and Recreation department in Pawnee, Indiana. ![]() Poehler donned her old power suit, and Plaza threw on an grey hoodie and a brunette wig - the actress is currently a platinum blonde. ![]() Most people discovered Plaza on the show Parks & Recreation, where she performed across from Amy Poehler who is an alumna of the SNL cast.ĭuring the episode, Poehler joined Plaza for “Weekend Update,” where they played their respective characters from Parks & Rec, April Ludgate and Leslie Knope. Though the actress recently had a break out role in season two of HBO's hit drama The White Lotus, her first love is comedy. On Saturday, Aubrey Plaza hosted Saturday Night Live.
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