Josh O’Connor has combined emotions about internet hosting “Saturday Night time Dwell.”
“It’s a simple sure as a result of it’s like, iconic and the good and the most important honor ever to be requested,” O’Connor stated Monday night time on the Los Angeles premiere of “Wake Up Lifeless Man: A Knives Out Thriller” on the Academy Museum of Movement Footage. “However I’m additionally, like, shitting myself.”
The “Challengers” star is about to host “SNL” on Dec. 13 with musical visitor Lily Allen. In preparation for the massive night time, O’Connor reached out to Paul Mescal, who hosted on Dec. 7, 2024, for recommendation, and plans to ask his “Wake Up Lifeless Man” co-star, Josh Brolin, who beforehand hosted the present 3 times, for suggestions.
Nonetheless, O’Connor added he isn’t holding his breath for any Earth-shaking steering.
“Everybody’s been type of ineffective in numerous methods,” O’Connor joked. “Paul began off by being extremely encouraging and reassuring, after which, I suppose, forgot the temporary, and by the tip was like, ‘Then you have got a panic assault.’ I’m simply excited, and I’m so honored to be requested.”
Brolin informed Selection that he’s suggested many younger stars earlier than they made their “SNL” debut, together with Glen Powell, who hosted the present on Nov. 15. He added that one of many solely individuals who didn’t want the assistance was Timothée Chalamet, who hosted for the primary time in 2020.
“The one particular person I didn’t give recommendation to is Timothée, and Timothée was good. And I believed Glenn was actually good,” Brolin shared. “However I’m similar to, lend your self to it completely. Don’t pull again. Don’t attempt to be cool. Be silly. Goes all the way in which with the silly, and also you’ll have a very good time.”
O’Connor stars in “Wake Up Lifeless Man” as former boxer turned priest Jud Duplenticy, who is shipped to assist Brolin’s charismatic clergyman Jefferson Wicks. Wick’s circle consists of churchgoer Martha Delacroix (Glenn Shut), groundskeeper Samson Holt (Thomas Haden Church), lawyer Vera Draven (Kerry Washington), aspiring lawmaker Cy Draven (Daryl McCormack), native doctor Nat Sharp (Jeremy Renner), live performance cellist Simone Vivane (Cailee Spaeny) and author Lee Ross (Andrew Scott). Sequence star Daniel Craig returns as debonair detective Benoit Blanc, who should resolve a homicide thriller within the church neighborhood.
“Wake Up Lifeless Man,” Rian Johnson‘s third “Knives Out” installment, hits theaters on Nov. 26 as a part of a restricted two-week theatrical run. The movie then involves Netflix on Dec. 12.
