By K.J. Yossman
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SNL UK Peter Serafinowicz, who has starred in “Guardians of the Galaxy” and Star Wars prequel “The Phantom Menace,” opened “Saturday Night Live U.K.” with a guest appearance as right-wing politician Nigel Farage.
The cold open began with a voice-over explaining that the year is 1946 as it zoomed into the British Prime Minister’s residence of Downing Street in London.
A grey-haired man is seated at his desk with his back to the audience, leading the audience to assumes it’s probably “SNL U.K.” castmember George Fouracres playing Keir Starmer again. But as the man spins round in his chair, he’s revealed to be Serafinowicz as Farage, whose Reform party made huge gains across local elections in the U.K. this week in real life. The parody Farage, meanwhile, is on his cell phone (emblazoned with an English flag) wishing Sir David Attenborough a happy 120th birthday.
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