Attention Lorne Michaels: We've got a taker to play Betsy DeVos on 'SNL'
Christine Baranski wants in on the Saturday Night Live political sketches.
In an interview with Vanity Fair, The Good Wife star said she was game to tackle the role of Betsy DeVos, the controversial Secretary of Education, on the NBC show.
“It would seem somewhat logical—we have that strong jawline, don’t we?” she told the publication. “I can play people with whom I drastically disagree. The [SNL] sketches have been unbelievable all through the election, and the post-election. So yeah, we could have a revolving door of people playing the cabinet members and all.”
In last week's episode of the show, Kate McKinnon -- who has already mastered portrayals of Hillary Clinton and KellyAnne Conway -- briefly played DeVos in a sketch. But it was Melissa McCarthy who stole the episode when she took on the role as White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer.
Baranski -- who stars in CBS All Access' new spin-off series The Good Fight -- is the latest actress to express interest in guest starring as a politician on Saturday Night Live.
Internet masterminds recently suggested Rosie O'Donnell should play Steve Bannon, and the star was all for it.
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Sounds like Lorne Michaels and the writers have a lot of cameos to coordinate.
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