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Miles Teller‘s maiden SNL monologue was largely one of self-deprecation.
“I know they like when you doimpressions and play differentcelebrities, and I wanted tocome prepared,” Teller began. “So I asked my friends whatcelebrity I look like, and Iwas thinking a young DeNiro,maybe a Paul Newman. And theywere like, ‘Nope! Rachel Maddow.’”
Teller’s debut on the late night show saw the Top Gun: Maverick star reference the blockbuster Joseph Kosinski-directed sequel, which passed the $700 million threshold at the North American box office after a Labor Day weekend resurgence.
“One of the things that I loved aboutthe movie is it really seemed tobring people together.I mean, it’s not every day you get amovie that’s loved both by themilitary community and the gaycommunity,” Teller joked.
“It was also amazing getting towork with Tom Cruise.That guy is legend.We both pushed ourselves to theabsolute limit for this movie: he did his own stunts, and Igrew my own mustache,” he added.
Earlier this year, Teller starred in Kosinski’s Spiderhead, a psychological thriller that came out on Netflix less than a month after Top Gun hit theaters. Teller also plays the role of producer Albert Ruddy in The Offer, a drama miniseries that premiered in April about the making of Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather.
