Taran Killam explains why he fell on Charlize Theron's face in SNL skit

Taran Killam fell on Charlize Theron in an SNL skit

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published 11 June 2015

On Wednesday's Late Night, Seth Meyers told guest Taran Killam that he's a big fan of a skit from this season of Saturday Night Live, "Blazer." They spent some minutes talking about the tumble Killam took while filming the opening credits to the '80s-style cop spoof, and finally showed the clip. But Killam had a better story kind of tucked in the middle of the conversation.

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Killam and Charlize Theron were doing "a Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf parody, where we're drinking," he said, "and I did, like, three keg stands" for the final shot. He confidently agreed to do one more take, but halfway through, his arms started to give out. "Charlize Theron, the second-most-beautiful girl* in the world is to my right, and I crumble, and I fall right on top of her head," Killam said. "I fall right on to her face, which is, I think, important to her." The skit, "Cocktail Hour," didn't make the broadcast, but SNL released it on the web. You can watch Killam fall on Theron's face below.

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