Emmy-nominated actor Idris Elba has sustained a thriving career involving an eclectic array of wonders, from racing cars to his successful turn as a musician and DJ (he’ll be at Coachella this year, if you feel like braving that scene to catch him in action). Still, it was always missing one thing – and no, where not talking about that one gig that’s apparently never going to happen. The Luther star has never hosted SNL. All that will change come March 9 when he finally gets his chance to take the Studio 8H stage. Hopefully he’ll be spared the Awkward Audience Questions bit.
This development was recently announced by the show’s official Twitter account. He immediately follows John Mulaney, who will host March 2 with musical guest Thomas Rhett.
Elba will be joined by fellow SNL newbie and musical guest Khalid. His episode comes just ahead of the March 15 premiere of both his directorial debut Yardie, and Turn Up Charlie, his new Netflix comedy series that he co-created and stars in.
We can prepare ourselves for the inevitable lampooning of his current reign as People’s Sexiest Man Alive, but all could be forgiven if they manage to get him back into his Heimdall gear.
[Via Deadline]
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The only way I’d watch James Bond is if he was the next one
That picture looks shopped. Like those pictures where celebrities appear to be endorsing ridiculous t-shirts, but really they aren’t.
Or a thumbnail for a “recommended article” on like HuffPo about “Idris Elba says he’d never drink THIS beverage” that just links to spam
Seems a little soon to do a Life Aquatic remake, but not my business, I guess.
Are you saying that *isn’t* photoshopped?
Great news! I hope there is a skit about Elba gets to be Bond. On a personal note, looking at the picture, his eyes indicates that he was definitely a few glasses of wine in when that picture was taken. He must be really funny when he has had a couple.
FinallyOh god I hate 2019 already.
If the writing’s not there, it doesn’t matter who the host is. Remember a week ago, when we were all excited about Cheadle?
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I’m guess some variation of this will be the review. Of course, for how terrible and boring they found the entire show, it will still require at least 3000 words to truly express how boring SNL is.
Dont forget the part about how the political sketches were too soft
Yes, but Lorne Michaels and/or a cadre of sycophants and appologists will be there to helpfully remind you that no, the show is absolutely as good as it’s ever been. The problem is you. You’re just comparing it to your idealized memory of the show when you first started watching it.
I watched the entire first five seasons on DVD and thought it wasn’t that much better than it’s been ever since, so I buy the whole idealized memory thing.
Yeah, I watched the early ones and I get that they were way more subversive for 1975 than they would be today, but they weren’t that hilarious. I think that the funniest SNL is the SNL that you watched when you were in middle school or high school. For me, that was mid-to-late ‘90s and reruns of the early ‘90s ones on Comedy Central. I don’t think I’ll ever be able to like other SNL as much as those even if they were actually better.
Lorne needs to retire and get some fresh blood running that show.
WE were?
Well…..me. And maybe Cheadle.
It’s come to the point, for me, that I’m disappointed when someone that I like is going to host SNL. Because I’m certain that the writing staff will ultimately fail them, no matter how talented the host is.
where not talking about that one gig that’s apparently never going to happenand I’m seriously pissed about that, even if I’ve never voluntarily watched a Bond movie, because Idris Elba playing the symbolic colonialist cold war dick of the british empire would get me to the theater on opening day.
What’s the big deal? We’re not talking about Morgan Freeman here; this is somebody who’s only been on most people’s radar since the early/mid 2000’s. “Finally”. Yes, such a struggle it’s been.