Amy Adams says she turned down one Saturday Night Live sketch idea because she was still thinking about the young fans who knew her as Giselle from Enchanted.
The actress revisited her first time hosting SNL during a recent appearance on Late Night with Seth Meyers, where she said Andy Samberg pitched her a digital-short idea in 2008 that felt too graphic so soon after the Disney movie made her a favorite with children.
Entertainment Weekly reported that Adams said she was “so keenly aware” of the young girls who had watched Enchanted. She did not want to be seen as “the princess singing about that particular act,” she told Meyers.
The Sketch Was Pitched Months After Enchanted
Adams hosted Saturday Night Live for the first time in March 2008, only a few months after Enchanted opened in theaters. On Late Night, she said Samberg pitched a song about a couple in a park after the man is bitten by a spider.
Adams described the setup without repeating the full punchline. In the pitch, the dying man tells the woman he has one last wish, and the request becomes an explicit sexual joke. Adams said she understood the comedy but did not want that to be the image young Enchanted fans saw right after connecting her with Giselle.
Samberg Later Saw Why She Said No
Meyers told Adams that Samberg had discussed the rejected sketch on The Lonely Island and Seth Meyers Podcast. According to Meyers, Samberg saw a young child approach Adams the next day and tell her how much Enchanted meant to her, which changed how he viewed the pitch.
Adams said Samberg was gracious after she pushed back. She also said she still thinks about children who grew up with the movie and the way that role shaped what she felt comfortable doing in that moment.
SNL Moved On to Hero Song
The rejected idea did not end Adams’ digital-short appearance. Samberg and the SNL team moved on to Hero Song, a cleaner sketch in which Samberg plays a Batman-style vigilante who tries to save Adams from a purse thief and fails.
The sketch aired during Adams’ March 2008 episode. It kept the superhero parody and musical-comedy tone without putting Adams into the explicit joke she had rejected.
Adams Still Uses Enchanted Songs at Home
People reported that she sometimes threatens to sing songs from the movie in public when she wants her daughter, Aviana, to behave.
Adams said one example came during a dinner with her daughter and a group of Girl Scouts. When the girls were standing on chairs, Adams warned that she would start singing Enchanted “full voice” if they did not sit down. She also joked that she had recently threatened to sing near Bow Bridge in Central Park.