Julia Stiles looked back on her 2023 Saturday Night Live cameo on Monday, saying the sketch came together so quickly she struggled to find childcare in order to make it work.
“They contacted me the Friday before the Saturday show,” Stiles said during an interview on Watch What Happens Live. “I scrambled to find someone to take care of my kids until the middle of the night.”
At the time, the 10 Things I Hate About You star had recently welcomed her third child.
Stiles appeared during a segment of SNL‘s “Weekend Update” alongside cast member Chloe Fineman. Together, they recreated and extended the Juilliard audition scene at the end of 2001’s Save the Last Dance. Coincidentally, Stiles’ last experience with the sketch show had been in March 2001, when she hosted two months after Save the Last Dance‘s release.
The actress added she was “thrilled” at the opportunity. “I didn’t know what the sketch was going to be until, I think, probably Saturday morning,” she continued. “But I thought it was so cool. I was excited to be there. It was so fun.”
The episode aired in December 2023, with Adam Driver as a host and Olivia Rodrigo as musical guest. The segment was part of Fineman’s suggested holiday gift to “Weekend Update” hosts Colin Jost and Michael Che.
“The perfect holiday gift this year is the dance that Julia Stiles does at the end of the 2001 movie Save the Last Dance,” Fineman said before the actress appeared.
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