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Jake Gyllenhaal has returned to Saturday Night Live! The 41-year-old is known for his Broadway musical talents, and didn’t hold back during the opening monologue — going as far to cover Canadian legend Celine Dion! It all started when Gyllenhaal reflected back on his hosting debut in Jan. 2007. “There I am in full drag, singing a song from Dreamgirls, to promote a movie where I played a gay cowboy,” Gyllenhaal added. “That was actually the least problematic thing in that episode, but looking back, I feel like I was a totally different person.”
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He when noted that it felt like “everything is suddenly coming back,” before getting into one of Celine’s most iconic hits: “It’s All Coming Back to Me Now” from 1996. Even better? He had an assist on back-up with Chloe Fineman, Ego Nwodim, and Cecily Strong — incredible.
Beyond his 2007 hosting gig and last night, he’s also appeared several other times in cameos: he returned to the show for a digital short in Sept. 2007, and for a third time on Weekend Update on April 2. Jake’s most recent appearance was just over a year ago in Feb. 2020 with host John Mulaney. The Brokeback Mountain star showed off his musical talents in the Airport Sushi Sketch as “The Guy who travels in Pajamas” — prompting belting out the tune “Defying Gravity” from Wicked.
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The Los Angeles native took to Instagram to share he was “excited” about hosting tonight’s SNL episode. “Here we go again… pretty darn excited about it!” he wrote on a caption of SNL‘s signature post-it note announcements, including Camila Cabello‘s name as musical guest. The appearance is advance of his upcoming project Ambulance, a new action thriller directed by Michael Bay. The film is based on a Danish film of the same name, and shot through the COVID-19 pandemic with a $40 million budget in Jake’s hometown of L.A.
In the film, Jake plays criminal Danny who is approached by his adoptive brother Will Sharp (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) for $231,000 to pay for a surgery for his wife. Jake’s Danny then talks his brother — who is a war veteran and officer — into planning a $32 million bank heist. Ambulance is sent for theatrical release on April 8, 2022.