SNL’s “Lisa from Temecula” Bombed at Dress—Pedro Pascal Saved It
Lisa from Temecula might never have made it to New York if it weren’t for Pedro Pascal.
Ego Nwodim described the origins of her recurring SNL character—who caused much of the cast to break into laughter in her debut sketch, as she wildly shook a restaurant table in an attempt to cut her “extra, extra well-done” steak—on a new episode of Vulture’s Good One podcast.
The sketch first debuted on SNL’s February 4, 2023 episode, which was hosted by Pascal, but it almost didn’t survive dress rehearsal.
“At dress, the table wasn’t really shaking,” Nwodim recalls, adding that she was also given a T-bone steak she couldn’t cut through. “They got a note to not shake the table so much. And I was like, ‘Well, if the table’s not shaking, we don’t have a sketch.’”
Indeed, the sketch fell flat.
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Ego Nwodim described the origins of her recurring SNL character—who caused much of the cast to break into laughter in her debut sketch, as she wildly shook a restaurant table in an attempt to cut her “extra, extra well-done” steak—on a new episode of Vulture’s Good One podcast.
The sketch first debuted on SNL’s February 4, 2023 episode, which was hosted by Pascal, but it almost didn’t survive dress rehearsal.
“At dress, the table wasn’t really shaking,” Nwodim recalls, adding that she was also given a T-bone steak she couldn’t cut through. “They got a note to not shake the table so much. And I was like, ‘Well, if the table’s not shaking, we don’t have a sketch.’”
Indeed, the sketch fell flat.
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- 6/4/2024
- by Nick Riccardo
- LateNighter
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