Response to Glen Powell hosting Saturday Night Live has been extremely positive. Many fans are calling last night’s episode the best of the season, and others are talking about how it’s likely we’ll see the burgeoning movie star return to Studio 8H a ton more times. Given where his career seems to be going, it’s very possible we see him enter the esteemed 5 Timers Club at some point. In fact, if it wasn’t for Covid, he’d already be almost half way there.
Apparently Powell was supposed to host the Christmas episode of SNL back in 2021, but it all fell apart when Top Gun: Maverick was delayed. Longtime showrunner Lorne Michaels felt like he wasn’t well known enough without the movie, and he was replaced by show favorite Paul Rudd. Powell was, of course, devastated, both because he’d dreamed of hosting the show and because he felt awkward about an exchange he had with a UPS driver.
