In a night of reprisals against Marcello Hernández, the directory Saturday evening live The player brought back his character from Weekend Update, The Movie Guy – a movie buff with a pale viewing history.
Invited by co-anchor Colin Jost to talk about scary movie season, Hernandez was first asked about Blumhouse’s recent box office win, Black phone 2.
“Oh yeah, Black phone 2. Ring, ring! Good morning? Sorry, you have the wrong number, because I haven’t seen that one yet,” he joked.
When Jost moved on to the biggest genre film of the year, Hernandez’s character once again disappointed: “Oh, yeah, Weapons. It was a very big film, Colin. Everyone saw Weapons. And I have to tell you: I was not one of those people.
Continuing, Hernandez joked, “I love horror movies because in the title they tell you what’s going to happen. Shout – everyone Shout. Smile — everyone smiles! And Saw — everyone saw it, except me. I didn’t see Saw.”
By referring to a true horror film as “the one with Michael Myers,” Hernandez was not, in fact, referring to the classic Halloweenbut rather Shrekwhich is about “every man’s greatest fear. You go to bed with a beautiful woman, then you wake up and you’re like, ‘How drunk was I last night?’ You know what I’m talking about, Colin.
In a rapid-fire segment, Jost asked if he had seen I know what you did last summer.
“Okay, what did I do?” Hernandez responded.
What about He? “Um, I didn’t see that“, he said.
But the kicker came when Jost wondered if The Movie Guy had seen the lauded sci-fi thriller starring Sigourney Weaver. Stranger. “No, Colin, I’m an American citizen,” he replied to laughter from the general audience.
Elsewhere on Weekend Update, newcomer Tommy Brennan made his debut, similar to the introduction of Emil Wakim (since deceased actor) on SNL last year. During his brief stint, the self-deprecating Brennan joked about his Midwestern roots, being one of eight children and his recent adjustment to New York.
And although the Cold Open avoided political commentary, Jost and co-anchor Michael Che dove into this week’s news, joking about the release of disgraced Republican Rep. George Santos, the debate between New York mayoral candidates Andrew Cuomo and Zohran Mamdani, and POTUS Donald Trump’s recent thoughts on not entering the heaven.
