Honesty is the best policy. Elizabeth Olsen was very truthful when asked about her former Marvel costar Chris Evans.
09.05.2022 - 00:05 / etcanada.com
Regular viewers of “Saturday Night Live” already know that Chloe Fineman can deliver some uncannily accurate celebrity impressions.
However, a sketch from this weekend’s episode featuring host Benedict Cumberbatch demonstrated that Fineman also uses her gift for mimicry to impersonate her fellow “SNL” cast mates, serving as their understudies when they’re not able to appear on the show.
This was demonstrated as she unveiled hilariously pitch-perfect impressions of co-stars Kate McKinnon, Cecily Strong and Melissa Villasenor, even helping the latter by impersonating her to break up with someone over the phone.
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At one point in the sketch, Fineman attempts to trick Cumberbatch by appearing in the host’s dressing room costumed as Elizabeth Olsen’s Scarlet Witch.
“Benedict, it’s your friend Elizabath Olsen,” Fineman-as-Olsen declares.
“Hey Lizzie, you made it,” says Cumberbatch, believing he’s talking to his “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” co-star. “How come you’re in costume?”
“Well, I love Marvel!” she replies with a faux giggle, before adding, “Speaking of, you know who’d be great in the next ‘Doctor Strange’ is ‘SNL’s understudy Chloe Fineman.”
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At that moment, the real Olsen pops in, sending Cumberbatch into confusion.
“I’m me,” says Olsen. “So am I,” adds Fineman. “I am me!” insists Olsen, with Fineman declaring, “I am me too.”
“Oh my god,” says Cumberbatch, panicked. “The multiverse is real!”
“Saturday Night Live” airs Saturdays at 11:30 p.m. ET/8:30 p.m. PT on Global.
Honesty is the best policy. Elizabeth Olsen was very truthful when asked about her former Marvel costar Chris Evans.
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Marvel Cinematic Universe following Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness.In the film, Wanda Maximoff aka the Scarlet Witch appears to sacrifice herself to destroy the Darkhold throughout the multiverse, burying herself in the ruins of Mount Wundagore with the evil text.Olsen, who plays Wanda, has since teased however this won’t be the end of the character.“I sign extensions every time they want me to do a movie,” Olsen told Collider. “I just a signed a very short one at the beginning, so everything’s constantly just, it’s always adjusting for me.
Elizabeth Olsen doesn’t have time for Marvel criticism.
told the Independent that she understands the negativity, but also slammed those who think comic book films “seem like a lesser type of art.”“I’m not saying we’re making indie art films, but I just think it takes away from our crew, which bugs me,” she said.“These are some of the most amazing set designers, costume designers, camera operators ― I feel diminishing them with that kind of criticism takes away from all the people who do award-winning films, that also work on these projects,” Olsen added.Olsen made her MCU debut in a post-credits scene in 2014’s “Captain America and the Winter Soldier.” She most recently reprised the role in last year’s Disney+ series “WandaVistion” and this month’s “Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness.”She continued, “From an actor’s point of view, whatever, I get it; I totally understand that there’s a different kind of performance that’s happening.“But I do think throwing Marvel under the bus takes away from the hundreds of very talented crew people. That’s where I get a little feisty about that,” Olsen went on.The “Godzilla” star was only supposed to appear in two movies and a cameo.
Benedict Cumberbatch returned to host for the second time over the weekend, and the celebrated actor kicked things off poking light fun at Will Smith's Oscars controversy.«I really am thrilled to be back hosting . It's been a really fun, great week. I have to be honest though, because most of the sketch writers pitched me sketches every day, and most were about ,» Cumberbatch shared as he stood on the iconic Studio 8H stage. «Which is great, I love the guy, I love playing the character… but I have been in other films.»Cumberbatch joked that Executive Producer Lorne Michaels then asked him, «Like what?»«And I said, 'Well, like .' And he said, 'Nobody saw it,'» Cumberbatch recalled.
Benedict Cumberbatch is back!
Benedict Cumberbatch returned to host “Saturday Night Live” for the second time over the weekend, and the celebrated actor kicked things off poking light fun at Will Smith’s Oscars controversy.
Benedict Cumberbatch joked about being “beat by Will Smith” at the Oscars while hosting this weekend’s Saturday Night Live (7 May). The actor, who is currently appearing in the title role in Marvel’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, opened his monologue by pointing out that the majority of the sketches he was pitched for the show revolved around the character. “Most were about Doctor Strange,” he said.
Benedict Cumberbatch hosted tonight’s Saturday Night Live to promote his new movie, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. He mentioned the hugely popular Marvel franchise in his opening monologue, and the movie also was referenced in the very last skit, cast member Chloe Fineman’s “The Understudy”.
Benedict Cumberbatch tonight made his second appearance as host of SNL, alluding in his opening monologue to his new film Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, which hit theaters in the U.S. on Friday.
Benedict Cumberbatch returned to host for the second time over the weekend, and the celebrated actor kicked things off poking light fun at Will Smith's Oscars controversy.«I really am thrilled to be back hosting . It's been a really fun, great week. I have to be honest though, because most of the sketch writers pitched me sketches every day, and most were about ,» Cumberbatch shared as he stood on the iconic Studio 8H stage. «Which is great, I love the guy, I love playing the character… but I have been in other films.»Cumberbatch joked that Executive Producer Lorne Michaels then asked him, «Like what?»«And I said, 'Well, like .' And he said, 'Nobody saw it,'» Cumberbatch recalled.
Elizabeth Olsen is opening up about her Marvel character, Scarlet Witch.
“Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” goes to some odd places in the course of its runtime, ping-ponging beyond the MCU to places beyond.But it never stops in a game show universe.Thankfully, we corrected that. We asked the film’s stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Rachel McAdams, Benedict Wong and Xochitl Gomez to play a Strange Quiz – a trivia game where every answer has the word “Strange” in it.
Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen are known for keeping their personal life private, especially when it comes to family, and following the incredible success of their sister Elizabeth Olsen, it seems the famous twins have been supporting her every step of the way, as it was revealed by the ‘WandaVision’ star.“It’s an amazing feeling, being the younger sibling to twins,” Elizabeth explained during her recent interview with Harper’s Bazaar, adding, “If I was spoiled by one, the other one wanted to match it. I loved it.”She also admitted that she felt “very protected” to have her two famous sisters by her side, as they had started their career in Hollywood at a young age in ‘Full House’ and knew how to navigate their lives in the spotlight.“I always felt that having older twin sisters was an advantage,” she continued, “I felt very clear about how I was going to navigate lots of things because of watching them.
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Benedict Cumberbatch tried to decipher Ariana Grande lyrics during BBC Radio One’s ‘Unpopular Opinion’ segment with Greg James.Appearing on the show on Thursday (May 5), a listener called in to highlight how she couldn’t “understand Ariana Grande when she sings”.In response, Cumberbatch joked: “I know what you mean, and I feel my 45 years sometimes when I listen to a song going, ‘Yeah, I wonder if there’s a lyric sheet I can get online because I can’t understand a word.”To test the theory, a snippet from Grande’s track ‘Problem’ was played on the show, where she sings, “I should be wiser, and realise that I’ve got”.Asked to repeat the lyrics, Cumberbatch replied: “Something about a cat in an elevator?”James then played the chorus from track ‘Positions’ where Grande sings, “I’m in the Olympics, way I’m jumping through hoops.” In response, Cumberbatch said: “Poking through holes?”The actor however is a fan of Grande’s music, adding: “She is just an extraordinary, extraordinary vocal artist. Someone played me her music and I’m a huge, huge fan.