‘SNL’: Rami Malek Plays The Villain In Opening Monologue

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Tonight, Rami Malek made his debut appearance as host of SNL, touching in his opening monologue on his love of playing bad guys—including a new Bond villain, No Time to Die‘s Lyutsifer Safin.“You know, I’ve played a lot of dramatic roles in my career—most recently, the new Bond villain—but I don’t usually do comedy,” the Oscar winner said. “I tend to do these really intense characters, which makes a lot of sense because people tell me I have what’s called a ‘resting villain face.'”Malek knows that most people “would rather” play the hero.

Weirdly, though, he’s “always been more drawn” to villains.“I sympathize with them, you know? In Lion King, I’m Team Scar. I actually found Simba to be kind of annoying,” he admitted. “You want to be king?