For someone whose nerves were at a self-described 10 out of 10 in the week leading up to his Saturday Night Live debut, first-time host Josh O’Connor began his Studio 8H debut about as smoothly as possible: In his monologue, the Wake Up Dead Man star glided easily from self-effacing jokes — “No, I am not the mouse from Flushed Away ” — ripped from the digital zeitgeist to cheekily leaning into his public persona as a “soft boy,” otherwise known as an “average 65-year-old woman” who embroiders, scrapbooks and gardens.

The tight 3-minute opener took a delightful turn when O’Connor addressed fans pitching him to play Alfredo Linguini in a live-action remake of Walt Disney/Pixar Animation’s beloved Ratatouille (a film he has espoused affection for more than once) and chief crea

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