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Will Ferrell says he would no longer have imitated Janet Reno on Saturday Night Live


The 57-year-old actor spoke about his past impersonation on the NBC comedy show, saying, 'That's something I wouldn't choose to do now.'

The Irvine, California-born star, appearing alongside the show's ex-head writer Harper Steele (who came out as transgender in 2021), said that the impression of the late U.S. attorney general 'hits a false note now.' Ferrell said in a 1998 interview with The Washington Post magazine that he had aimed at bringing a 'broad and physical' presence to his portrayal of Reno, and was amused at the notion of a 'large woman manhandling people.' Ferrell, who developed the bit with former SNL writer Scott Wainio, told the publication, 'We just kind of created this, like, tough woman who lives in this make-believe world.'

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