In a night of reprisals for Marcello Hernandez, the repertory Saturday Night Live player brought back his Weekend Update character The Movie Guy — a cinephile with a wan viewing history.
Brought on by co-anchor Colin Jost to talk about spooky movie season, Hernandez was first asked about Blumhouse’s recent box office win, Black Phone 2.
“Oh, yeah, Black Phone 2. Ring, ring! Hello? Sorry, you have the wrong number, because I have not seen that one yet,” he quipped.
When Jost segued to the biggest genre film of the year, Hernandez’s persona once again disappointed: “Oh, yeah, Weapons. That was a very big movie, Colin. Everybody saw Weapons. And I have to tell you: I was not one of those people.”
Continuing the bit, Hernandez joked, “I love scary movies because, in the title, they tell you what gonna happen. Like Scream — everybody Scream. Smile — everybody smile! And Saw — everybody saw, except me. I did not see Saw.”
Singling out a true scary movie as “the one with Michael Myers,” Hernandez was not, in fact, referencing the classic Halloween, but rather Shrek, which is about “every man’s biggest fear. You going to sleep with a beautiful woman, and then you waking up and go, ‘How drunk was I last night?’ You know what I’m talking about, Colin.”
In a rapid fire segment, Jost asked if he’d seen I Know What You Did Last Summer.
“OK, what did I do?” Hernandez responded.
What about It? “Uh, I did not see that,” he said.
But the kicker came when Jost questioned if The Movie Guy had seen the lauded Sigourney Weaver-starring sci-fi thriller Alien. “No, Colin, I am an American citizen,” he responded to big audience laughs.
Elsewhere on Weekend Update, newcomer Tommy Brennan made his debut, similar to (since-departed cast member) Emil Wakim’s stand-up introduction on SNL last year. During his brief time, the self-deprecating Brennan joked about his Midwestern roots, being one of eight kids and his recent adjustment to New York City.
And though the Cold Open eschewed political commentary, Jost and co-anchor Michael Che delved into this week’s news, joking about the release of disgraced GOP representative George Santos, the debate between NYC mayoral candidates Andrew Cuomo and Zohran Mamdani and POTUS Donald Trump’s recent musings about not getting into heaven.
