Donald Glover and Jordan Peele auditioned to be a part of the Saturday Night Live cast at some point — and now their audition tapes have been revealed.
The first episode of documentary series SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night was released recently, which explored what the audition process is like for the show. In it, countless audition tapes were shown, including that of Peele’s and Glover’s.
In the latter’s 2007 audition, which is shown briefly, he appears to be imitating Chris Rock as he jokes, “Lotta things going on in New York today, lotta things going on in New York. And there’s two camps: Black people and vampires!”
The following year, Peele would audition with a character named Darius, who he describes as “way too thug to be a barista.”
“Wait, that’s not what you said, though. You said, ‘Caramel mint mocha latte’ — nah, I ain’t think so!” Peele jokes.
Although the two wouldn’t go on to become SNL castmembers, they still found success. Peele is a revered director thanks to his seminal directorial debut, Get Out, while Glover is both an accomplished musician and TV director and writer courtesy of his work as Childish Gambino and on Atlanta, respectively.
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night is a four-part docuseries celebrating the 50th anniversary of longtime and iconic sketch show, which started in 1975. Along with the docuseries, a documentary special on the musical guests who have appeared on the show will be released as well, with Questlove directing the special.
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