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Anya Taylor-Joy's SNL Monologue Got a Little Help From The Queen's Gambit's Green Pills

May 22 2021 - 8:48pm

Anya Taylor-Joy [1] made her debut as host during Saturday Night Live [2]'s season finale this weekend. The 25-year-old actress kicked things off by mentioning her accent, which might come as a surprise to those hearing her outside of her Queen's Gambit [3] role for the first time. "Now that you're hearing my accent, you may be surprised to know I was born in Miami, raised between Argentina and London, and my first language is Spanish," she said with a laugh. "So legally, my ethnicity is Fashion Week."

It didn't take long for Anya to poke fun at the smash-hit Netflix show. "For those of you who didn't see it, what were you doing all of quarantine?" she joked. "It was Tiger King [4] and The Queen's Gambit that was the only new TV for like months." She even had a little help from the show's iconic imaginary chessboard, with an appearance from a few familiar faces as the chess pieces — our favorite being Kenan Thompson. "Queen's Gambit really helped me prepare for SNL — if I get nervous, I'll just take a handful of green pills and follow the cue cards." You can watch her full monologue in the video above.


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