It has been 15 years since Jake Gyllenhaal hosted “Saturday Evening Stay,” however the “Ambulance” actor did not miss a beat when he stepped again into the position on April 9 — actually. Whereas reminiscing in regards to the final time he was on the present, Gyllenhaal turned his “SNL” monologue into an impromptu Céline Dion tribute. The 41-year-old actor served up a pitch-perfect rendition of “It is All Coming Again to Me Now” that can go away you questioning why Hollywood hasn’t forged this man in a musical but.
Gyllenhaal’s pitch-perfect cowl apart, the tune itself was significantly becoming since his whole monologue was about how a lot he (and the world) has modified because the final time he hosted the present. “To present you an concept of what it was like in 2007, within the present I hosted, there was a George W. Bush sketch, there have been jokes in regards to the first iPhone, and this can be a photograph of me from my monologue,” he stated earlier than a photograph of the actor in a gown appeared on the display. “There I’m in full drag singing a tune from ‘Dream Women’ to advertise a film the place I performed a homosexual cowboy. And that was truly the least problematic factor in that episode.”
Nonetheless, as a lot because the world has modified, the “Ambulance” star has modified simply as a lot. He went on to notice that in 2007, he had earned a status for being a “critical” actor, however since then he is embraced the fun of his job. “I noticed one thing I ought to have realized a very long time in the past — appearing is a very silly job. It is fake! And it is enjoyable and it needs to be crammed with pleasure,” he stated. “Effectively, I am lastly embracing that pleasure once more, and that is why I am again standing on this stage!”
That is additionally why he was singing “It is All Coming Again to Me Now.” Gyllenhaal is getting reacquainted along with his enjoyable facet — he is additionally starring in a Michael Bay film — and exhibiting off his musical prowess within the course of. Does this imply he would possibly lastly reply to Taylor Swift’s epic 10-minute-long model of “All Too Effectively”? Most likely not, but when Steven Spielberg decides to remake “Singing within the Rain” subsequent, Gyllenhaal has his audition tape able to go within the type of his newest “SNL” internet hosting gig.
