Amy Adams is opening up about why she rejected a “graphic” sketch idea while hosting Saturday Night Live in 2008.
The Oscar-nominated actress hosted the late night NBC show a few months after her family-friendly fairytale comedy Enchanted, also starring James Marsden, hit theaters. So when SNL castmember Andy Samberg pitched her the skit, she chose to turn it down to protect her young fans.
“I’ll give you the gist without telling you the punchline,” Adams said of the sketch during a recent appearance on Late Night With Seth Meyers. “It was this couple [and] he got bit by a spider in the park, and she’s like, ‘Honey, I love you so much, and now that you’re dying, is there any last wish?’ And he’s like, ‘Yes, I never got a chance to…’ And then said what could only be described as the most graphic thing that he wanted to do with me.”
Host Seth Meyers told the Cape Fear actress that Samberg had previously praised her for speaking up for herself and her image, as well as considering her young fans.
“I was so keenly aware of all the young girls that were watching Enchanted,” Adams explained. “And I didn’t want to be the princess singing about that particular act, you know?”
