Leslie Jones does not consider herself a comedienne who does impressions. In fact, when Chris Rock first called her to tell her he got her an audition for “Saturday Night Live,” she says her response was “What the f— did you do that for!?” because dressing up like other people was just never something she did.
“I’m myself, and myself is f—ing funny enough,” she tells Variety.
Still, taking the job on NBC’s late night sketch comedy series has required her to try on a whole bunch of different characters, from the fictional (such as Shondra of her and Kenan Thompson’s Shondra and Malik), to the political (Omarosa Manigault Newman and Condoleezza Rice), to a version of herself (when she pops by the “Weekend Update” desk to flirt with Colin Jost or appears in digital shorts as Kyle Mooney’s girlfriend).
“A lesson that I learned...
“I’m myself, and myself is f—ing funny enough,” she tells Variety.
Still, taking the job on NBC’s late night sketch comedy series has required her to try on a whole bunch of different characters, from the fictional (such as Shondra of her and Kenan Thompson’s Shondra and Malik), to the political (Omarosa Manigault Newman and Condoleezza Rice), to a version of herself (when she pops by the “Weekend Update” desk to flirt with Colin Jost or appears in digital shorts as Kyle Mooney’s girlfriend).
“A lesson that I learned...
- 6/18/2018
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
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