“‘You dont have to stick with me.
kindly reach out toZach Galifianakis.
like reach out toTaran Killam.’
Bowen Yang as J.D. Vance on ‘Saturday Night Live’; Lorne Michaels.Credit:Will Heath/NBC via Getty; Dave Benett/Getty
But, no, that’s my charge.”
“I worked with an accent coach.
We had to find the middle between Appalachian but Ohio.
Bowen Yang as J.D. Vance on ‘SNL’.Will Heath/NBC via Getty
Like, we really had to find the right [voice].
And I was like, ‘I don’t want to screw this up.'”
“I have such an uphill battle here,” Yang said.
“Everyone in America is going to be like, ‘This Asian guy is playingthatguy?’
I was like, ‘I really got to nail this down.’
And I’m just telling you guys, I’m doing my best, okay?”
Yang made his debut as Vance duringSaturday Night Live’sseason 50 premiere last September.
Watch Yang discuss playing Vance in the clip above.
