As a dedicated follower of entertainment news and a long-time fan of both Saturday Night Live and Amy Adams, I must say that this story has given me a newfound appreciation for Adams and her commitment to her craft. In my younger years, I might have laughed at the idea of Amy Adams turning down a raunchy Lonely Island sketch, but now I understand that she was acting responsibly towards her audience, particularly young fans who looked up to her as Giselle from Enchanted.
During an episode of The Lonely Island and Seth Meyers podcast, broadcasted on November 4th, the comedy group (Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone, and Akiva Schaffer) looked back at their time on Saturday Night Live. They particularly discussed an episode where actress Amy Adams was the host in 2008, according to Entertainment Weekly. Samberg shared a memory of a song they proposed to Adams, which she swiftly rejected due to its explicit content and its closeness to her role in the popular Disney movie Enchanted, that came out four months before her SNL appearance.
Samberg said:
The song would have featured Amy Adams as a duet partner, and while I won’t delve deeply into its contents, it had a risqué theme. Essentially, the imagery portrayed two elderly characters reminiscent of an old couple on a picnic, only for one to be stung by a scorpion. My character is near death and regrets not having explored our relationship more intimately. The song becomes a powerful anthem about this unfulfilled desire.
The trio read the lyrics of the song and even pre-recorded some of the track to play for Adams and gauge her interest. But while Adams was impressed, she still ultimately had to pass. Samberg continued:
She said, ‘That’s quite amusing, but it’s not something I can pull off. Currently, young girls are very into the movie Enchanted. If they were to come across this, it might be distressing for them. So, I can’t blend that at the moment.’
Samberg Admits Adams Was Totally Right
Adams and The Lonely Island team produced the digital short “Hero Song,” featuring Samberg as a superhero who suffers a severe beating at the hands of a robber (portrayed by Sudeikis). During the filming, an event on the street caused Samberg to understand why Adams decided against the more explicit skit.
In under five minutes, a mother and her young daughter approached, and the little girl’s expression upon spotting Amy Adams was priceless – it made me exclaim, ‘She was absolutely right!’ It was eye-opening for me, as it wasn’t something I had considered in our profession. What struck me was that she viewed herself as having a duty and responsibility towards those children, which she took incredibly seriously. And I vividly recall being deeply impressed by her commitment.
Seth Meyers, one of the podcast co-hosts, mentioned that certain children were given permission to watch Saturday Night Live, thereby raising the chance that they would come across the explicit song. Samberg concurred, pointing out that YouTube was just beginning but still a useful platform for discovering any and all content related to Amy Adams, including potentially embarrassing moments they might have shared together.
Each week, The Lonely Island and Seth Meyers present a show that delves into the Digital Shorts from Saturday Night Live, which the trio started airing in 2005. Andy Samberg has recently reappeared on Saturday Night Live, playing Doug Emhof alongside Maya Rudolph’s portrayal of Kamala Harris. In the future, Jorma Taccone (Adams) will be seen on screen in “Nightbitch”, a film adaptation of Rachel Yoder’s book with the same name, written and directed by Marielle Heller.
Listen to the Nov. 4 episode below.
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2024-11-16 18:33