Mikey Day needs he by no means met his hero Steven Spielberg after slicing him from the SNL50 "Shut Encounter" sketch … after which mendacity to his face about it.

When SNL star Day appeared on Thursday's The Tonight Present Starring Jimmy Fallon, he revealed that the legendary Shut Encounters of the Third Sort director was initially alleged to make a cameo on the finish of the sketch (which Day wrote) loosely impressed by his iconic alien film.

"We initially had Steven Spielberg in it, who's superior," Day mentioned. "Everybody loves Steven Spielberg. I like this man a lot. He's so vital to me and so many individuals. So we had Steven Spielberg are available on the finish of the sketch taking part in himself. He's like, 'Hey, I’ve expertise on this subject material, and I'd wish to make a film primarily based in your life.'"

Day shared that Spielberg got here in to rehearse his half within the sketch, and all the pieces was "superior." That’s, till the forged was knowledgeable that the fiftieth anniversary present was too lengthy and everybody needed to make cuts of total minutes from sketches.

"And we're like, 'I believe we’ve got to chop Steven Spielberg,'" Day recalled, earlier than explaining, "as a result of it was an added factor! You understand what I imply? I don't even like speaking about it! It makes me uncomfortable. Dude, I don't like that this occurred. I hate it. It's an terrible factor."

What made all the state of affairs even worse? The truth that Day proceeded to deceive Spielberg about it after the actual fact by pretending like the entire sketch was lower quite than simply his cameo on the finish.

"This was one other awkward second," Day mentioned. "So we’ve got to chop him. His assistant [relayed that] by means of the chain of communication, and I consider Steven Spielberg thought that the entire sketch had been lower."

All of it got here to a head when Day noticed Spielberg in particular person and didn't inform him the reality.

"There's an occasion the night time after, celebrating Lorne," Day mentioned. "And Steven Spielberg's there, and I’ve awkwardness with Steven Spielberg as a result of we needed to lower him out of our sketch. So I briefly talked to him after which he goes, 'Yeah, the entire sketch was lower.' I do know that it wasn't, as a result of I’d've heard, however as an alternative of going, 'Oh, I don't suppose that's proper,' I simply went, 'Oh no! The entire thing was lower? Nooo!'"

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Day laughed as he remembered pretending like he was "spiraling into an ungainly abyss with Steven Spielberg" about all the sketch getting canned.

"A standard particular person would've gone, 'Oh actually? I don't suppose so. Yeah, I believe you may've heard flawed,'" Day admitted. "However I simply went, 'Oh no, it was lower? Nooo!' It was so terrible."

However the SNL star took some solace in realizing that shedding this cameo was possible barely a blip on Spielberg's radar.

"Clearly he’s a person with so much happening," Day mentioned. "I'm certain it didn't weigh on him too closely. However I didn't discuss to him after. I noticed him there. However he was pretty. Clearly he was nice, and I'm certain he didn't lose any sleep over it."

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Day lately remembered giving Meryl Streep appearing recommendation for her cameo within the SNL50 "Shut Encounter" sketch, the place she performed Kate McKinnon's mom.

"She was memorizing it, simply by behavior," Day mentioned in June. "And we're like, 'There's [cue] playing cards.' I'm actively telling her to go in opposition to her instincts which have made her the perfect actress of all time."

The "Shut Encounter" sketch is a fan-favorite bit that options the character Colleen Rafferty (McKinnon) describing her expertise getting kidnapped by handsy aliens.

There have been 9 "Shut Encounter" sketches prior to now decade, and Day has co-written all of them. He joked that McKinnon has "been kidnapped like a dozen instances now at this level."

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