From the headlines you would think so saturday night live A sketch to remake the beloved 1998 movie parent traphost Jenna Ortega and guest star Fred Armisen join as father and daughter, right?
Well, clearly you would be wrong and you should be ashamed to think so. Ortega instead plays the dual roles of Annie and Harry in this remake, but Ortega’s body double has fallen ill, so a crew member (Armisen) takes his place instead. With Yang at the helm, all Armisen has to do is read his lines. Things quickly derail.
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“Well, sir, I don’t think the script said bitch,” Yang says to Armisen after Armisen says his line ad lib.
“Sorry, I just did a little thing,” Armisen replies. curbyou guys look curbI love curb.”
Despite the confusion, production goes according to plan as the director reassures Ortega that her 56-year-old body double will be CGI’d from the film later on. You realize something happens near the end as the two shoot the film’s iconic scene.
“You have one old photo of your mom and I have one old photo of my dad,” Ortega says in character. Confused about how long it would take, I replied, “Yeah, like a Lindsay Lohan movie about twins.”
Ortega continues, not to be misled, “But at least yours is probably the big picture.”
“a hole A shocked Armisen said. “Don’t look. You’re 11. She’s 11.”