Jonathan Majorshas made his Studio 8H debut!
During his first hosting gig onSaturday Night Live, theLovecraft Countrystar, 32, appeared on the sketch comedy show alongside musical guestTaylor Swift.
In his opening monologue, Majors joked about the downside of working alongsideIdris Elbain the Western filmThe Harder They Fall, which is now streaming on Netflix.
“It was fun filming that movie, but if you ever want to feel bad about how you look, definitely spend two months standing right next to Idris Elba! It humbles you!” he said.
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The actor also reflected on his journey to becoming a leading man, explaining, “Growing up, I was a military brat. My father was in the Air Force, my mother was a pastor, so hallelujah, and I moved around a lot.”
He continued, “I like to say I was born in California, raised in Texas, educated in North Carolina, roughed up in New York City, and re-educated in New Haven, Connecticut, which I guess is my roundabout way of saying, yeah, I went to Yale.”
“That experience, it taught me a lot,” he added. “It taught me that work hard, if you trust the plan great things can happen. I’ve got a beautiful daughter. I’m going to be the next Marvel, Ant-Man movie, or as the Black community likes to call it ‘Not Black Panther.'”
On Thursday,Saturday Night Livereleased itsfirst promofor the episode, in which Majors introduces the “Lover” singer, 31.
“Hi I’m Jonathan Majors, and I’m hostingSNLwith musical guestTaylor Swift,” he says. Immediately after,Aidy Bryantchimes in, saying: “And I’ll also be singing one song from a yet-to-be-released album.”
“I will also be doing a song from an album I haven’t even written yet,“Bowen Yangadds. Swift finally interjects with: “I’ll also be doing music if there’s time.”
The promo ends with a hilarious clip of the quartet reciting Majors’ opening line together, switching off with every word. Once they succeed, they cheer as Bryant remarks that it took seven takes to master the bit.
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Majors first burst onto the scene when he starred as activist Ken Jones in the four-part ABC limited seriesWhen We Rise, which followed the gay rights movement in 1970s San Francisco.
At the time of his casting, the actor was still getting his MFA from Yale School of Drama. Two years later, he costarred in 2019’sThe Last Black Man in San Francisco, which was one of the most acclaimed independent movies of that year.
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Earlier this year, Majors' performance in HBO’sLovecraft Countryearned him an Emmy Award nomination for outstanding lead actor in a drama series. He has also starred inSpike Lee’sDa 5 Bloodsand Marvel’sLokion Disney+.
His upcoming projects includeAnt-Man and the Wasp: QuantumaniaandCreed III.
Saturday Night Liveairs Saturdays at 8:30 p.m. PT/11:30 p.m. ET on NBC.
source: people.com
