Jon Hamm Makes 'SNL' Cameo in a Sketch Inspired by Steve Buscemi Punch Attack in NYC
Jon Hamm is popping in for a Saturday Night Live cameo!
The 53-year-old Mad Men alum made a surprise appearance during the latest episode (May 18) of SNL.
The sketch centered around the recent news that Steve Buscemi was randomly punched in New York City, with Jake Gyllenhaal playing an NYPD officer giving a press conference about the crime wave.
“These types of attacks cannot and will not be tolerated. So to everyone watching, I have one important message: Stop punching character actors in the face,” he said in character.
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When a reporter asked if it wasn’t just one isolated incident, his sergeant said it had also happened to Rick Moranis and the “shockingly versatile” Michael Stuhlbarg.
It then turned into a debate about what makes someone a character actor.
“It’s actors whose faces you can remember, and names you cannot,” Jake said. “So when you’re walking in New York, you may be at risk if you’ve ever been on the TV show Boardwalk Empire. You have a face that makes casting directors go, ‘Oh, interesting.’ Your IMDB page has over 100 entries but all your characters just have a first name.”
He said that they’re asking anyone who’s ever played a girlfriend on Seinfeld or a boyfriend on Sex and the City to avoid mass transit.
“And we’ve asked Paul Giamatti to shelter in place,” he added.
After that, Jon Hamm made his cameo to ask if he counts as a character actor, to which he was told no.
“Oh, good,” he said. “I can’t get punched. Without this beautiful face I’m just a tall guy with a perfect body.”
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Find out more about the real-life punch that inspired the sketch.