Kamala Harris Is not The First Politician Maya Rudolph Has Tried On ‘SNL’ – The Boston Courier

Maya Rudolph is aware of it’s going to be a busy fall.

The comic shall be returning to “Saturday Night Live” for at the very least the primary few episodes of the present’s fiftieth season to painting Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris.

When the information broke of her return to “SNL” in late July, Rudolph — who lives in Los Angeles — not solely heard from buddies, household and coworkers, but in addition numerous Huge Apple actual property brokers.

“It’s definitely going to impact my fall,” Rudolph instructed Selection. “I have already heard from a lot of realtors in New York. I think the day of the announcement that she was running, some lady yelled at me across the parking lot, ‘Getting ready for New York?!’”

Rudolph gained an Emmy in 2020 for her portrayal of Harris and mentioned the important thing to it’s emphasizing the vice chairman’s playful facet.

“I said, ‘When I see her, I see her having fun,’” Rudolph mentioned. “And so the fictional Kamala that we created tapped into her fun. And then [‘SNL’ producer] Steve Higgins said to me that his wife called her a ‘fun aunt,’ and we were laughing at how that sounds like ‘funt.’ We just went from there. That was the moment where you realize, ‘Oh, now I know how to do this.’”

However whereas enjoying a doable president will increase Rudolph’s profile even increased, Harris isn’t the primary politician she’s tried to painting.

Again in 2007, she briefly tried an impersonation of Barack Obama on the request of producers ― but it surely didn’t make it onto the present.

“There was a moment of asking me to step up and try,” Rudolph remembered. “And we did try for dress rehearsal.”

The scenario was awkward as a result of Obama was really on set for a cameo, and the 2 got here head to head.

“Sadly, Obama was there and had to see me dressed as him,” she mentioned. “We both laughed heartily, and thank God that never made it to air.”

You possibly can watch Rudolph play Harris ― and positively not Obama ― when “SNL” has its season premiere on Sept. 28.