Jenna Ortega kicked off Saturday Night Live by revealing why she took on the hosting gig.
The 20-year-old Wednesday actress is the youngest host of the season, and she kicked off the March 11 episode with a couple of jokes about her string of horror roles and her first ever acting job.
She also welcomed a special guest onstage!
Read more about Jenna Ortega’s opening monologue for Saturday Night Live…
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Jenna Ortega kicked off Saturday Night Live by revealing why she took on the hosting gig.
The 20-year-old Wednesday actress is the youngest host of the season, and she kicked off the March 11 episode with a couple of jokes about her string of horror roles and her first ever acting job.
She also welcomed a special guest onstage!
Read more about Jenna Ortega’s opening monologue for Saturday Night Live…
“A lot of people assume that I’m dark and twisted in real life because of these roles that I play. But I am not like that at all,” Jenna said about being typecast for her roles in the likes of Wednesday and Scream 6. “I think there is just something about my face where people see it and they’re like ‘Hey, let’s throw blood on that.’”
She also claimed that she isn’t what makes her so scary.
“Scary music and editing can make anything seem like a horror film,” she explained before transforming a clip from her first acting gig – an adorable Colgate commercial – into the stuff of nightmares.
Why did Jenna decide to host SNL? “I wanted to face my biggest fear – happy, extroverted people who are always trying to perform,” she shared.
Her Wednesday co-star Fred Armisen – a SNL alum – showed up to support Jenna from the audience and joined her onstage for a quick exchange.
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Watch Jenna Ortega’s Saturday Night Live opening monologue below…
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