Though James Marsden was capable of nab a visitor function on NBC’s “30 Rock,” he did not turn out to be an everyday on the studio after botching his “Saturday Night time Stay” try-out.

The “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” star stated on a Dec. 18 episode of “Stay with Kelly and Mark” that he as soon as auditioned for the prolific sketch comedy present, “if you happen to can name it that,” however was given the thumbs down after failing to ship on the expertise scouts’ course.

“They did a nationwide expertise search and a good friend of mine in my drama class, or no matter, who I used to do these humorous sketches with, stated, ‘Let’s go down and audition for it.’ I believe they made us…‘Create an fascinating character,’ or no matter,” Marsden stated. “It was like, ‘Do no matter foolish factor you need to do.’ I don’t know why we selected to do that, however we clucked like chickens and simply walked round one another.”

In hindsight, Marsden admitted that “it was a nasty alternative” committing to the rooster bit.

Marsden added he would “love” to sooner or later host “SNL,” and recalled a time when he expressed his want to hitch the present to his “30 Rock” co-star and “SNL” legend Tina Fey.

“I did ’30 Rock’ for a bit with Tina Fey,” Marsden stated. “And I stated, ‘You realize, my dream was at all times to be on SNL.’ And he or she goes, ‘Oh, properly, you’ll host sooner or later.’ And I am going, ‘No, as an everyday. I wanna be the blokes!’ She was like, ‘Properly, you in all probability can if you wish to.’ However yeah, I simply love doing impressions and completely different characters.”

This yr “Saturday Night time Stay” marked its fiftieth season on air. This Saturday, Martin Brief, a former solid member, will host accompanied by musical visitor Hozier.