Inherit SNL after 20 years giving it “night terrors”

Jack Black is organizing “Saturday Night Live” for the first time in almost 20 years on April 5 – and that keeps it at night.

The actor, the actor and the musician made a stop in London on Sunday for the first of “A Minecraft Movie” before heading to the writer’s room “SNL” this week, telling Variety That it seems “Cray Cray” to return to the studio 8 am after two decades. This is true – the last time Black organized on December 17, 2005 to promote “King Kong” by Peter Jackson.

When he was asked how he was preparing for the week, Black said: “Just you know, having a lot of nightmares and night terrors and also good memories that comes in return. It’s crazy, very exciting.”

He continued that he had no idea of ​​the management that his sketches will take, as it is usual on the fast show. “You know what they are thinking at the moment? They are simply in the dead coma of the program last night,” said Black about distribution and “SNL” writers. “Perhaps some of them think about certain ideas, but I really think it is one of those programs they organized in a week, that is part of the excitement.”

Black said he loved “all these children” in the current distribution “SNL”, adding: “I call them children because I was on this program before some of them were born – with the exception of Kenan (Thompson), we are the same age. That’s all. “

In addition to his accommodation concert in 2005, Black led “Saturday Night Live” two other times in 2002 and 2003. The plot follows Steve while he joined a band of compatriots – including Jason Momoa, Emma Myers, Danielle Brooks and the new Venu Sebastian Hansen – when they are suddenly trained in the video game world.

Before taking the role, Black said Variety That he knew the game. “I made Minecraft games, yes! I would not call myself an expert, but yes, I know my way in a Minecraft universe,” he said.

Black also uses his musical abilities in the film, interpreting the original song “I Feel Alive”, which he also co-written with Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt.

“I am very excited about this one,” said Black about the song, which presents Dave Grohl on drums. “Cale (boyter), our producer, was like,” we need a great song at the end, something that rolls up the whole film. “And I said to myself:” I can’t write a song that concludes the whole film. “I said,” Maybe if you could get these guys who wrote “I’m just ken”, they could do it. and did it.

Black continued: “I said to myself:” Are you kidding? ” And we started to blur and work together and I said to myself: “Oh my God is paradise.” “”

“A Minecraft Movie” will be released in theaters on April 4 via Warner Bros. Pictures.