![]() Nwodim: You’re not even seeing the half of what Cecily Strong has in the tank. You have so much to give this show and they’re very lucky to have you. I think she’s got a great mind for keeping what’s important in mind too. It was just like a bottomless pit of ideas, humor and heart. Strong: I couldn’t pick a favorite I would just say I’m constantly blown away by her writing and her performing everything she brought to the show every week. ![]() So, I’m not in any rush.Ĭecily, what’s your favorite Ego moment on “SNL” thus far? I already feel like I know I’ll be back for that. Strong: I would love to give it a bit more space. What is the sort of the statute of limitations on when you get to come back to guest star? It’s the greatest job in the world, and to be part of that club that we’re all part of is… I can’t imagine a bigger honor, really, in my life. I was like, oh, I’m going to remember that for 10-and-a-half years. I think people just assumed that was part of the joke, right? Strong: I do remember being dressed like an old woman and walking in front of the camera. So, you’re like, “I’m just going to pretend I know how to do this.”Ĭecily, what was your most embarrassing moment on your tenure? If it’s your first year, nobody’s going to say, “Excuse me, I have a question on how to do cue cards.” Strong: They assume cue cards are things that everyone knows how to do immediately. Nwodim: I’m still discovering things today. You have to figure out a lot on your own very quickly. There’s so much that they don’t tell you. I also shared an office with Joe Kelly, who’s now an executive producer on “Ted Lasso.” But you have to do so much on your own. Strong: Bill Hader took Tim, Aidy and I out to dinner. “Weekend Update” is different, but even then, I want a year in between.Ĭecily, who mentored you when you arrived at “SNL”? Then you really have a lot of pressure to top it. Because people have been watching and send it around. Also, with everything so easy to find online, it feels like it’s already recurred. It’s fun to do, but I prefer to have a bit more space in between. And I remember pushing back a couple of times. ![]() Strong: When I started, they ordered up recurring sketches. It’s fun to embody those characters, but then to try to achieve the same reaction a second go around, or third or fourth, just feels like such a tall obstacle to surmount that I’m like, it’s not worth it. Because you can never top the first time. But as a performer, I don’t love recurring characters for myself. And that was a fun one to get to bring back and I want to bring her back more. Nwodim: “Lisa from Temecula” is very special to me. Is that by design? Are there certain characters who you’d like to bring back more often? In the past couple years, it seems there is less of a reliance on recurring characters. And then in the past couple years, I kept telling Ego and Heidi both, they just brought so much every week. Strong: I think at the table read, you did the “weary mom.” That was the first where I started seeing it in Ego, like, she’s really good. And it’s not thinking, “How does Ego feel?” Hearing that and knowing it really is not personal, and it’s not a reflection of your worth or your talent … that was really helpful.Ĭecily, what did you first see in Ego that made you want to mentor her? The show is concerned about producing a good show every week. The show is not worried about any one individual. Nwodim: Cecily had said to me, the show is always going to be worried about the show. It feels like you’re grasping for it with everything inside of you.ĭo you remember some of those early pieces of advice? Anytime anyone kind of extends a hand or even a friendship, it’s so special. It’s so challenging with so many talented people in the cast. Cecily took me under her wing in that way, and I think wanted to make sure that she was being a good leader. And then my first season, I went on vacation with Cecily. There was just such a huge learning curve. ![]() It was so wild to be the only new kid at school. And we want him to do it forever.Įgo, what was it like when you first joined? Did Cecily take you aside to tell you how everything works?Įgo Nwodim: It’s nerve racking. Strong: Kenan is a different beast than all of us. Ultimately only Kenan will be there forever. So, it just felt like it was time to leave the space. Strong: It felt like all these new people that are so amazing, they’re not going to be able to have the space if we don’t leave the space. There was a concerted effort to keep a bigger group, I think, in order to keep the core a little longer.īut they seem more willing to let people take some time off, which means to some degree, you don’t ever really have to leave, right? Cecily Strong : I think COVID was a big part of that. ![]()
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