Posted on 01/18/2025 11:48:39 AM PST by nickcarraway
He doesn’t need more cowbell.
“Saturday Night Live’s” iconic “more cowbell” sketch starring Will Ferrell and Christopher Walken gets a behind-the-scenes deep dive in a new documentary – and Ferrell reveals that Walken isn’t such a fan.
In the Peacock documentary “SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night” (premiering Jan 16), Ferrell, 57, recalled how Walken, 81, starred in a play several years after that famous “SNL” sketch.
“I went to see [Walken] backstage, and he’s like, ‘You know, you’ve ruined my life … every show, people bring cowbells for the curtain call and bang them. It’s quite disconcerting,'” Ferrell revealed.
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Just because they stop the idiots with cowbells doesn’t mean they don’t love the sketch. I’ve seen them talk about it many times. They’re fine with it. They just need the audience to remember who is and isn’t in the band.
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