Josh O’Connor expresses no interest in a live-action Ratatouille during his monologue on Saturday Night Live.
The 35-year-old Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery star served as the host of this weekend’s episode on Saturday (December 13) and reacted to calls for him to play the chef, Alfredo Linguini.
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“Like one time, I said that one of my favorite movies is Ratatouille, which is true, it’s a great film,” he said. “But I suppose fans started pitching me as Chef Linguini for a live-action Ratatouille remake. And I’m not very online, so I didn’t know that this was a thing until the president of Disney-Pixar publicly declared that there will never be a live action Ratatouille remake, no matter how much Josh O’Connor wants it.”
“Do you know how it feels to be publicly rejected from a job I didn’t even want?” he added, noting he doesn’t “even want a live-action Ratatouille, I don’t have the time for it.”
He even continued to mention the movie throughout the rest of his monologue.
“I’m already in the new Knives Out film — saying it out loud sounds like the perfect name for the live-action Ratatouille — but that’s neither here nor there,” he says. “I’m at SNL and I’m so honored. The cast, the crew, and — sorry, sorry, for what it’s worth, I would kill as Linguini.”
“Anyway, being here at SNL during Christmas time is magical and joyous. And guys, you can’t make Ratatouille unless you have the perfect cast. There’s just no point,” he added. “I mean, who would play the food critic Anton Ego? Perhaps Jeff Goldblum. No, no, no, no. I mean, yes, but later.”
