Kate McKinnon on Watching Maya Rudolph’s Kamala on ‘SNL,’ Partnering With Philips Sonicare and Her Debut Children’s Book: ‘Sketch Comedy and Middle School Literature Have a Lot in Common’
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Kate McKinnon transformed into dozens of characters throughout her ten years on “Saturday Night Live,” where she impersonated everyone from bold-faced figured like Justin Bieber and Ellen DeGeneres to inanimate objects such as an ice cream cone and potato.
Her latest role, however, in which she plays an anthropomorphized toothbrush — clad in a two-piece suit and perfectly coiffed hair — wasn’t for a 30 Rock sketch comedy bit, but for a new Philips Sonicare ad promoting the brand’s lineup of electric toothbrushes.
Susan Toothbrush, which McKinnon named the character, might not be as iconic as her Hillary Clinton, but she insists it was still one of her favorite personalities to bring to life. “She’s a mythical being that materializes through walls and helps people make better decisions about their oral health care,” McKinnon says over Zoom, talking through the creative process with her signature deadpan humor. “Her powers are that she can materialize through walls, and she knows a lot about toothbrushes.
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