Aubrey Plaza Recollects ‘SNL’ Audition & Revealed The Quirky Characters She Showcased – Deadline

Aubrey Plaza reached new ranges of notoriety after starring within the second season of White Lotus. Years earlier than touchdown on the acclaimed HBO sequence, Plaza auditioned to be a forged member of Saturday Night time Dwell and lately opened up in regards to the characters she created for that course of.

The actor made an look on The Tonight Present starring Jimmy Fallon the place she talked about not touchdown the SNL gig.

“I didn’t make it to the Lorne [Michaels] audition, the well-known ultimate audition, however I did a preliminary first-round showcase,” she mentioned.

Plaza mentioned that for the audition, she carried out two characters that had been seemingly extremely quirky.

“I keep in mind one character I did was like a Puerto Rican information reporter that was at all times making an attempt to make all the information tales attractive, even when they had been horrific information tales,” she revealed. “I used to be simply making an attempt to love, intercourse up the information or one thing.”

Her second character was a little bit extra cringe, which Plaza described as a “pill-popping housewife.” That character had her “personal speak present known as Celebri-Tails, the place I might simply title celebrities and title what sort of tail they might have if that they had a tail. Like I might say, ‘Lindsay Lohan would have a bushy squirrel’s tail.’ Or, like, ‘Invoice Clinton would have a polar bear’s nub.’”

Regardless of not touchdown a spot on the SNL forged, Plaza did intern on the present. Now the Parks & Recreation alum will return to Studio 8H because the host of the sketch present.