As Saturday Night Live is getting ready to kick off its historical 50th season , there have been some great stories coming out about the iconic cast over the years, as well as some of the guest hosts that have been major surprises. Among them is Chris Hemsworth , who hosted the late night sketch comedy series back in 2015. He was seen as an “action guy” at the time, and then SNL cast member Cecily Strong admitted her expectations were low.
Which is why she was “most shocked” by the Marvel actor. Looking back at her stint on the NBC show between 2012 and 2022, Cecily Strong spoke with Busy Philips about her time airing live from New York. Busy wanted to know who was the “nicest” person to ever show up, but Strong said “everyone’s nice” mostly because sketch comedy isn’t exactly an area of expertise for them and they don't want to muck it up.
Instead, the real question really was: Who was the biggest surprise? To that she had one answer, none other than Chris Hemsworth. Well, so most of the time everyone's nice. I think because they come in and they're nervous and they want to do well.
So, you're seeing people kind of at their most vulnerable, which is a very nice state I think -- when someone's scared and weak. I prefer them that way. But I was actually the most shocked by Chris Hemsworth.
Because when he first hosted I was like, 'Ugh, not my world.' Action, I don't know anything about this, like what that even means, action movies. He came in and sort of l.