The Queen’s Gambit star Anya Taylor-Joy has poked fun at the recent chess craze in the wake of the show’s success.The actress took on the lead role of chess genius Beth Harmon in the hit Netflix series, which broke a number of records after its debut on the streaming platform last year.Taylor-Joy hosted Saturday Night Live over the weekend (May 22), though during her opening monologue she managed to fit in a joke about how many people embraced the chess craze… to a limited degree.“I’m happy to say that after the show, millions of people bought chess sets… and dozens of them actually learned how to play,” she joked.Touching on the show’s success during lockdown, Taylor-Joy also quipped: “For those of you who didn’t see it, what were you.
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