Will Ferrell Says Dressing Up as a Woman on ‘SNL’ for Laughs Is ‘Something I Wouldn’t Choose to Do Now’
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director Will Ferrell is no longer interested in performing in drag for laughs. During an interview on The New York Times’ “The Interview” podcast alongside his longtime friend and former “Saturday Night Live” head writer Harper Steele, Ferrell expressed a bit of regret over the “Janet Reno’s Fantasies” sketch from Season 23 of the sketch comedy show.
The sketch featured Ferrell in drag as the eponymous attorney general, with his appearance dressing up as a woman being used for laughs. “That’s something I wouldn’t choose to do now,” Ferrell said when The Times noted the character “hits a false note now.” “This kind of bums me out,” Steele added. “I understand the laugh is a drag laugh.
It’s, ‘Hey, look at this guy in a dress, and that’s funny.’ It’s absolutely not funny. It’s absolutely a way that we should be able to live in the world.
However, with performers and actors, I do like a sense of play.” “This is an interesting question to me,” Steele continued. “Do queer people like ‘The Birdcage,’ or do they not?
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