Actress Drew Barrymore meeting “Saturday Night Live” (SNL) cast member Chloe Fineman is the jolt of happiness you never knew you needed. Fineman was invited as a guest on Barrymore’s new CBS talk show, “The Drew Barrymore Show,” on Oct. 12 after Barrymore saw and obsessed over Fineman’s impersonation of her.
Fineman, known for her uncanny impressions of celebrities, took her Barrymore impression for a test drive during the season premiere of “SNL” on Oct. 3. During the sketch, Fineman, as Barrymore, acted in a fake promo video for the CBS show, which debuted Sept. 14. Within the sketch, Fineman also impersonated Reese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidman.
When Fineman and Barrymore greeted each other in the studio, both squealed they were “so excited to meet each other.”
“[Comedy is] the most attractive quality in any partner. It’s the thing you want with your friends. It’s what you look to entertainment for,” Barrymore told Fineman. “Laughter is the most important thing in the world but your talent, your range, the way you play all those characters …. I would just love to display your range of work and ask you your process because I am just in awe of you.”
Barrymore also mentioned Fineman’s Jewish father, who often appears on the California native’s Instagram posts. It was Fineman’s father who introduced her to improv classes in San Francisco at the Fort Mason Center, where the father-and- daughter duo still attend classes.
“Because of the pandemic, we started doing it on Zoom through Groundlings,” Fineman said, referring to the improvisational and sketch comedy troupe and school. “I’m close with my teacher Annie and she let my dad be like the creepy, old guy in the improv class.” Fineman also encouraged Barrymore to take her own children to improv classes.
Watch the full interview below:
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