Alec Baldwin (ABFalecbaldwin) on why he returned to SNL as Trump
, Alec Baldwin returned to the show for its 45th season premiere. The actor spoke about his decision to reprise the role when he stopped by"I said to them — and it was not with any malice or any lack of affection for them — I said, 'I don't want to do that anymore. I don't want to do the Trump thing again. I'm gonna stop,'" he told host Jimmy Fallon.
He added that he was convinced to return for the current season by the "Lorne Michaels Jedi mind trick thing." Baldwin explained, "He called me the Friday before the show — the day before the show — and he's like, 'I don't think you understand.' And I go, 'What don't I understand? I've been thinking about it all summer. Every day, it's all I think about.'"boss said, "I don't think you understand how important this is.
"Lorne starts with one very powerful premise, which is, 'I hired you, didn't I? So my judgment is flawless, right? I gave you your biggest job, didn't I?' And you're like, 'Yeah, you got a point. You hired me, so I really shouldn't doubt you,'" he said. "So he said to me, 'You should come do it. Your audience demands it,' or something like that," he continued. "So I came and I did it, and I'm going to do it a few times."
Baldwin added that he has received mixed messages about his impression of Trump. While some people stop him on the street and share their own impressions, others are much more critical about his performance. "It's like a bunch of construction workers and they're like, 'There he is. That asshole Alec Baldwin,'" he said.in May, Baldwin shared his plans to stop playing Trump on the NBC series with. "The Trump thing is going to end very soon.
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