Former Saturday Night time Reside solid member Melissa Villaseñor is opening up Owen Wilson‘s time as visitor host on the NBC late-night sketch present.
The comic has impersonated the Marriage ceremony Crashers actor on her YouTube channel and sketches for Más Mejor. Villaseñor recalled that when Wilson hosted SNL‘s Season 47 premiere in 2021, she introduced up the concept of impersonating him alongside him, however he denied the request.
“He hosted, and I requested him if we may do the Owen impression collectively,” Villaseñor mentioned on Dana Carvey and David Spade’s Fly on the Wall podcast. “He was like, ‘I really feel prefer it’s performed. I really feel like individuals, it’s over.’ He didn’t need to do it.’”
The story prompted Carvey to recollect a dinner with Wilson, Lorne Michaels, and Kevin Nealon, “And it got here up in dialog and he didn’t like when individuals did him, and so I mentioned, ‘Okay, I gained’t.’”
Spade additionally recalled that he “did Owen as soon as,” including, “I don’t even do Owen that effectively, however once I hosted, they assigned me Owen.” Spade mentioned his impersonation was “extra of a humorous look, and I really like Owen. We simply had Luke [Wilson] on and Luke sounds rather a lot like Owen. It’s virtually only a completely different tone, nevertheless it’s that very same cadence.”
Villaseñor impersonated Wilson in a sketch for Más Mejor for the function “Day by day Itineraries” the place Wilson “maps out his schedule for the day.”
On Villaseñor’s personal YouTube channel, the comic imagines what a meditation guided by Wilson can be like.
On Simply For Laughs, Villaseñor says her favourite impression to do is Owen Wilson’s, which you’ll watch within the video beneath beginning on the 3:13 mark.
