Pete Davidson Returns to ‘SNL’ for Rap Video With Gunna About Loving Quick Motion pictures: Watch

Pete Davidson returned to Saturday Night time Dwell on April 2 for a rap video alongside Gunna about loving “brief a– motion pictures.”

Within the comical musical sketch, Davidson complains in regards to the prolonged run instances of flicks just like the practically three-hour The Batman, starring Robert Pattison, whereas praising such shorter flicks as Liar Liar and The Evil Lifeless.

“Nowadays, once I sit down to look at a film, I can discover absolutely anything on this planet. However night time after night time, there’s just one sort of film I’m at all times in search of, and that’s a brief a– film,” Davidson raps whereas scrolling by Netflix. “A extremely brief film, like at most an hour, forty.”

The SNL star has been noticeably absent from the NBC sketch comedy present in latest weeks amid on-line assaults from Kanye West, who now goes by Ye. It’s been reported that Davidson, who’s courting the rapper’s ex-wife Kim Kardashian, has missed earlier episodes as a result of he’s been busy filming a brand new film.

Later within the pre-recorded skit, Davidson is joined by SNL musical visitor Gunna, who additionally prefers movies beneath 100 minutes. “I’m not pushin’ p except it’s beneath two hours, like Lion King or Dangerous Mothers or all three Austin Powers,” the Atlanta rapper says, referencing his widespread DS4Ever monitor with Future and Younger Thug.

Gunna is later seen holding the double-tape VHS model of 1984’s Amadeus, which clocks in at two hours, 40 minutes. “Why this film seem like a e-book?” the rapper asks earlier than Davidson tosses it into a fire.

The rap sketch additionally options SNL‘s Chris Redd and cameo by Simon Rex, who reprises his Grime Nasty alter ego whereas portraying the fictional character Ernest P. Worrell, made well-known by late actor and comic Jim Varney.

The clip ends with Rex asking Davidson in regards to the questionable size of his semi-autobiographical 2020 film The King of Staten Island. “It was like two hours and 17 minutes, however we would have liked all these minutes,” Davidson stammers.

Watch the “Quick-A– Motion pictures” skit under, and see the SNL full episode on Hulu right here. The streaming service is at the moment providing a 30-day free trial, which you’ll be able to join right here.