So thank, thank God, I think I picked the train."
And we’re gonna do all this.'"
None of which, of course, helped her nerves.
Melissa McCarthy performing as the character of Matt Foley on ‘SNL 40’ and Chris Farley as the iconic character he created in 1993.Chris Haston/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images; NBC
“That the sweet stage manager came up and he goes, ‘Honey, are you okay?’
My legs were bouncing to the point where I couldn’t, I was holding onto the door.
And I was like, ‘I don’t know if I can get the handle open.’
Because I couldn’t, I was not in control of my body.
And I’ve never done that before.
I was just rattled.”
Farley would never do this halfway, and neither should she.
“Come through that door like a train.
Do it to make him proud,” he told his wife.
McCarthy did, to rave reviews, but it wasn’t easy.
“So thank, thank God, I think I picked the train.”
The character made his debut on May 3, 1993, attempting to discourageDavid Spadeand hostChristina Applegatefrom using drugs.
“They had to cut around me because I was laughing.
you’re free to hear McCarthy talk about herSNL 40experience in the clip above.
