“Saturday Night Live” had their own version of Variety‘s Actors on Actors series on the Dec. 13 episode of the sketch show.
The “SNL” version was Characters on Characters and invited some of the most iconic holiday characters to interact, including a discussion with Rudolph and a Partridge in a Pear Tree; the Grinch and Scrooge; Little Drummer Boy and Tiny Tim; and Mrs. Claus and the Grandma from “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer.”
Spoofing the in-depth conversations on craft, the discussions got deep, including Rudolph’s lack of formal training before pulling Santa’s sleigh; the Partridge becoming a “chosen family” with the other days of Christmas; the Grinch shooting on location in Whoville; Scrooge saying he didn’t improv his iconic words written by Charles Dickens; Little Drummer Boy saying his iconic line “Pa rum pum pum pum”; Mrs. Claus worrying that the Grandma was actually dead; and included many other seasonal pop culture jokes.
Josh O’Connor hosted this week’s episode of “SNL,” with musical guest Lily Allen.
This season’s edition of Actors on Actors includes lively chats between pairings like Ariana Grande (“Wicked: For Good”) and Adam Sandler (“Jay Kelly”); Julia Roberts (“After the Hunt”) and Sean Penn (“One Battle After Another”); Dwayne Johnson (“The Smashing Machine”) and Brendan Fraser (“Rental Family”); Oscar Isaac (“Frankenstein”) and Teyana Taylor (“One Battle After Another”); and Jennifer Lawrence (“Die My Love”) and Leonardo DiCaprio (“One Battle After Another”).
