Pete Davidson Updates: Pete Davidson is just as taken aback as you are. Since joining Saturday Night Live in 2014, the 27-year-old stand-up comedian, Saturday Night Live star, and movie actor has been steadily ascending the comedy ladder. He’s had first-billing in 2019’s Big Time Adolescence and last year’s semi-autobiographical The King of Staten Island, in addition to his growing role on SNL. He’s also had supporting parts in Trainwreck, The Dirt, The Jesus Rolls, and The Angry Birds Movie 2.
When it was revealed that Davidson will star in a biopic about renowned punk godfather Joey Ramone, Davidson understood why some people were surprised to see his name above the title. “I’m still in disbelief that they’re letting me do this,” Davidson says of his first chance at musical biopic fame, with his trademark self-deprecation.
Davidson claims that his most recent SNL season was the first in which he felt he’d finally figured out the “algorithm” for making the show work for him, which also helped him feel at ease in donning Ramone’s signature ruby-colored glasses, ripped jeans, and leather jacket for his first attempt at a biopic.
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BillboardLook no farther than his two appearances as Eminem in musical short films and numerous notable performances on the show’s 46th season for confirmation of his music impersonation skills. Davidson is still self-conscious about his ability to fall into character for the film, despite the fact that Slim Shady himself contacted him to congratulate him.
On the most recent season of Saturday Night Live, the lanky comic laments how little preparation he did for musical pieces like “NFT” and “Stu,” while applauding co-star Redd for reading up and committing to extensive make-up and costume. However, it appears that things will be very different on the set of I Slept With Joey Ramone, as the biopic, which is based on the late Ramones singer’s brother Mickey Leigh’s memoir of the same name, will have Davidson delving deeper than he has ever done in order to do justice to the towering punk progenitor.
Davidson says he’s “very f—-ing anxious” about the job, but he’s also “pretty f—-ing eager.” “I’m definitely taking it very seriously and doing my homework,” he says of his current singing, drumming, and guitar classes. “Because Joey did a little bit of everything, and we’re following his life, so you’ll see a little bit of everything.” Davidson claims he’s been hanging out with Leigh and chatting to “the whole Queens group” from the area where Joey and Mickey grew up and the Ramones formed in 1974, in addition to the music lessons.
