Paul Mescal took the Saturday Night time Stay stage and added some comedy to his performing resumé.
The Gladiator II star began off his monologue by saying he was “excited” to be on the NBC late-night sketch present as he’s “probably not identified for comedy,” including, “which is loopy to me as a result of I believe I’ve given loads of actually humorous performances.”
Mescal then threw a supercut of a number of the most dramatic scenes in his performing historical past, saying after, “I believe it’s fairly clear I’m not afraid to do emotional scenes or nude scenes or nude emotional scenes.”
“It’s secure to say there’s not loads of comedy on the resumé,” he added.
Mescal additionally famous that he took nice pleasure in being Irish, saying, “The Irish individuals have been by quite a bit, you realize, centuries of British occupation, the better famine, mass emigration, that U2 album that robotically received downloaded to [iTunes].”
The actor took the chance to clear up some “ugly stereotypes in regards to the Irish.”
One instance that he gave was the “nasty rumor that Irish individuals have intercourse with our cousins,” delivering the punchline saying, “That’s offensive and it’s ridiculous. We now have intercourse with our second cousins.”
Mescal additionally dispelled the rumors that the Irish hate British individuals, joking, “We simply don’t take into account them individuals.”
One other rumor he cleared up was that if he discovered the Notre Dame mascot offensive, the Combating Irish, with Mescal joking, “In no way. We do the identical factor with Individuals. In actual fact, my highschool’s mascot was the combating fat-asses.”
Mescal has gone viral for his brief shorts, and Marcello Hernández got here out emulating one among his seems.
“You recognize, individuals usually discuss in regards to the luck of the Irish and tonight, I’ve to say, I do really feel very, very fortunate to be right here,” Mescal stated, wrapping up his monologue. “I’m in New York Metropolis. I’m internet hosting SNL and this feels completely, completely insane to me.”
Watch Mescal’s SNL monologue within the video beneath.
