But when asked if she ever fully broke character to laugh, Gasteyer admitted that there was one exception.
“There was this crazy donkey sketch that ultimately did make it to air.
It’s calledRiding My Donkey,” she shared.
Ana Gasteyer.Credit:Amy Sussman/Getty
“It was a bunch of news commentators sitting on donkeys and debating politics.”
“The donkeys went insane and went to all the wrong cameras,” she explained.
Throughout the chaos, Gasteyer said she slipped in and out of character, unable to keep from smiling.
Ana Gasteyer as Margaret Jo McCullin, Alec Baldwin as Pete Schwetty, Molly Shannon as Terry Rialto.Mary Ellen Matthews/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty
“I was doing a newscaster from CNN, and the whole impression was just like a smile.
But even though she slipped up during rehearsals, Gasteyer added, “That was the only time.
But then I held it together for air.”
Keeping her cool during the actual sketch is all the more impressive in retrospect.
Gasteyer admitted that it wasn’t easy to remain in character.
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