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Kate McKinnon joins “SNL” castmembers past and present for photo shoot fun

The cast of Saturday Night Live got all gussied up for Gotham magazine and interviewed one another. Out cast member Kate McKinnon answered questions from Kenan Thompson:

KT: What has been your favorite moment with a host?

KM: I did a sketch with Charlize Theron [in May 2014] where we played cat ladies. I wanted her to do an Aileen Wuornos-type thing [Wuornos was the convicted serial killer Theron played in the 2003 film Monster, for which she won an Oscar] and gosh darn it, she did. She out-weirded me, and I was impressed.

KT: That was an epic moment. I watched it from the sidelines and it was like seeing history happen. What inspired the Russian meteorite expert thing?

KM: It wasn’t my idea at all. There really was a meteor that hit Siberia. The writers Chris Kelly and Sarah Schneider pitched a woman who had wished that it had hit Russia because Russia is so terrible.

KT: You have firsthand knowledge?

KM: I do not. But I can imagine.

KT: What about [impersonating] Penélope Cruz?

KM: That’s a voice you don’t forget.

The Hollywood Reporter is also celebrating SNL this week, and they partnered Kate with Ana Gasteyer for these fun photos.

“I was more crazy the week I auditioned than I’ve ever been in my life,” Kate told the Reporter. “I was frightened for what would happen if I didn’t get it. I was frightened for what would happen if I did. I grew up obsessed with SNL, memorizing the sketches. I taped most of the episodes from ’96 to ’98, and I’d watch them the next day on a loop. I was really worried I’d never live up to the legacy of women like you. I was so scared when I did my sketch, where I was playing Penelope Cruz doing a Pantene commercial.”

Watch Kate kill the game every Saturday on SNL.

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