Justin Timberlake Remembers the time he had to convince Beyoncé To work together on the iconic “Single Ladies” sketch of 2008 for Saturday night live.
“She was very polite about it, but she was very hesitant, and when I say hesitantly, I mean as, she didn’t have it,” Timberlake, 44, said about Beyoncé’s response in the documentary Ladies and gentlemen … 50 years SNL musicwho premiered in January and was broadcast again on Saturday 15 February prior to the 50th anniversary of the show.
Timberlake explained that the sketch was created when he received an SMS from Cast Member Andy Samberg About the parody of Beyoncé’s hit number, “Single Ladies (put a ring on it).”
“He said,”Bobby Moynihan Has this great idea for a sketch about you, I and he are the background dancers of Beyoncé for single ladies who never cut, “Timberlake said about Samberg’s text. ‘I had something like’ full gymnastics? “And he says,” Yes. ” And I had something like that, oh, this is too funny. Like, we have to do this. ‘
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After learning the sketch, Timberlake Beyoncé, 43, tried to convince the sketch that would appear in the November 2008 episode organized by Paul Rudd.
‘I have something like that, does she know how funny this will be? How loved will this be all moment? “Timberlake said.” So I said, “Bring me the gym.”
Timberlake remembered that it entered the black gymnastics suit, tights and high heels with a cloak on top of the Beyoncé dressing room. “I knocked on her door. I walked in and I threw down the robe and I put my hands on my hips, “Timberlake said. “She said,” No, you didn’t do that. “
Timberlake, Sandberg, 46 and Moynihan, 48, eventually appeared in the sketch next to Beyoncé and Rudd, who played the video director of the singer. In the clip, Beyoncé seemed nervous about the fact that she had not met the dancers who would appear in her video clip.
“Oh look, don’t worry about the other dancers, B-Town. I chose them by hand, these guys are pros, “said Rudd, 55, to Beyoncé, who answered,” These guys? “
At that time, Timberlake, Sandberg and Moynihan all appeared and Beyoncé reassured that they were warmed up. While the group of dancers began to carry out the iconic dance movements, the video changed black and white and Beyoncé stopped production because she thought “something just doesn’t feel completely right.”
“I’m just a bit confused, because this song is called ‘single ladies’, so I imagined that the dancers would be strong, beautiful women,” Beyoncé explained to Rudd.
Although Beyoncé did not ultimately leave the trio of dancers in her music video, the group ended the sketch by dancing on her iconic melody.
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