‘Papyrus’: Ryan Gosling Back For Sequel To Cult ‘SNL’ Skit
deadline.comIt has been hailed as one of the most memorable Saturday Night Live videos of the past decade. During his second turn as host in 2017, Ryan Gosling headlined a video titled Papyrus in which he plays a man obsessed by the fact that James Cameron’s blockbuster Avatar used Papyrus, a common letter style, for its logo.
The skit has raked in 12M views on YouTube alone. (You can watch it below). In his return for his third hosting stint this week, Gosling revisited the SNL classic with Papyrus 2, which was released online after the episode’s airing on NBC.
In the latest, Gosling is triggered when, while watching Avatar: The Way Of Water during dental surgery, he notices the title of Cameron’s sequel and initially believes it doesn’t use the font.
But he later realizes that the style still is Papyrus because the designer “just put it in bold.” That sets the stage for a final confrontation with the designer.
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