Kate McKinnon reveals how Meryl Streep ended up in viral 'SNL' skit

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00:00-"Saturday Night Live," the 50th anniversary.

00:02Emmy-award-winning Saturday Night Live, 50th anniversary.

00:05You did your Close Encounters sketch.

00:08Woody Harrelson, Pedro Pascal, and Meryl Streep.

00:11Yeah.

00:12And man, oh, man, was it funny.

00:15Are you nervous next to Meryl Streep?

00:17Or Pedro? A little bit, yeah.

00:19Yeah? Well, they were like,

00:20who would you want to be in the sketch with you?

00:23And I was like, I don't know, Meryl Streep.

00:26Yeah.

00:27And then a few days later, they called,

00:29and they were like, okay, so Meryl is in.

00:31And we need you to...

00:34Can you call Meryl and just say thank you

00:36and tell her a little bit about the sketch?

00:37And I was like, okay, I'll call Meryl.

00:40And she was so nice, and she was like,

00:45I'm excited. I'll do it.

00:46I have a wig that I think would work.

00:50And I was like, babe, I think they'll get you a wig.

00:54Yeah, yeah, you're Meryl Streep.

00:55You're Streep, babe.