'Saturday Night Live' castmember Marcello Hernández gives us a peek at some of his favorite photos from his phone's camera roll. He shows off some of his favorite celebrity encounters, recalls sketch collaborations with guests such as Bad Bunny and Kristen Wiig, and talks about how his mom is his comedic 'muse.'
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00:00My name is Marcelo Hernandez and today we're going to be going through my camera roll
00:08What's in my camera roll great question my first one that I chose is me with my mom
00:12When I am just a little wee little boy
00:17Good personality pick. I'm holding a little cup with a bunch of grapes because it's probably Christmas
00:22And you have to eat 12 grapes or you have bad luck and at this age. You don't want to have bad luck
00:28My mom is my world
00:31I would call her my muse. You know I have a Cuban mom that escaped communism, okay?
00:37The only reason I know that is because she told me every morning a lot of the jokes
00:42I say and a lot of the stuff
00:43I write has to do with I think our relationship growing up
00:46She went through a lot to get to the u.s.. And to you know make a name in a world for herself
00:51So I respect her very much, and I trust her judgment very much the next one
00:57I have is
00:58With Benito Bad Bunny and meal we did this sketch that Streeter Seidel and Mikey day helped us with
01:06where him and I are the king and the prince of Spain and they're bringing us these things from the new world and
01:12It was just so cool to get all dressed up in these this
01:17Regalia would you call it just the stank look at the stank on that face by Benito his work
01:23Ethic is so amazing, and he's a perfectionist and really ideal type of person to work with he played this part so well
01:36It was like definitely like a surreal experience to do a sketch with him
01:41And we did the one with Pedro Pascal who I love I love you Pedro
01:43Give me Tyler
01:47The fact that now I can run into better bunny Benito and be like
01:52What's up, and he's like hey, man. Good to see you is like you know
01:56Life altering also a big shout out to this guy right here
02:00Oz Rodriguez
02:01Who is a Dominican director that used to work for SNL for many years?
02:06And he still pops in now and again and on the bonito episode they brought him in he's got the the DR hat
02:12Representing a lot of publica when he caught it was just
02:15Really cool to get to work with a Dominican director with Benito on SNL a sketch that was all in Spanish
02:22Which I don't know for sure, but I believe it's you know
02:25Maybe the first time ever that a sketch is a hundred percent in Spanish with subtitles
02:28So just a legendary moment for me, and I'm very blessed that I got to do this
02:34The next picture I have is me and my best friend Santiago Nunez who is my boy from day one
02:40So this is probably I think like I don't know
02:44Seventh or eighth grade and that is my best friend Santi my day one
02:48He's been with me
02:49You know every step of the way on this journey and on every journey
02:52I've been on really playing soccer in middle school in high school
02:55And we basically grew up together since we're two three years old so he likes to go fishing and
03:01We're gonna do a lot more of that now, I think the next picture is
03:05So in high school
03:07I was selected most humorous on the yearbook, and they asked me what picture I wanted to take and I
03:14sent them this which is Will Ferrell doing this picture, and I tried my best to
03:19reenact it and
03:21That's me as a senior in high school. Will Ferrell for me is obviously a huge influence. This was my little
03:28homage to
03:31Bill
03:33No, I can't say I can't call him Bill. I think I met him for like a second he came by SNL
03:37I think I am such a huge fan of his and I love everything. He's done, and I love you
03:41Will I'd love to meet you the next picture I have is
03:46Playing soccer in college. This is the nastiest thing I ever did in college
03:51I basically took a touch that was too long and this guy was about to take the ball
03:55I did a nice little spin move. We call it a roulette. Ah that was kind of coined by
04:01Cian you watch these players growing up do it and you're just dying to get the opportunity to do it in a game and I
04:06Was able to do it one time and he actually fell
04:10How about that the next picture I have is
04:14Me with Dwayne Wade who for a Miami kid is like you know it's called Miami Wade County
04:20He's just such a legend, and I couldn't believe I got to meet him
04:24I was at a CAA conference my agency
04:26And I got to introduce him he was saying a speech to the agency people at this convention, but I loved you Wade
04:32He's done so much for Miami, and he's such a cool guy, and I hope he can come to SNL one day and hang out
04:38the next one I have is
04:40Another huge moment, which is getting to meet big papi that we Ortiz one of the most legendary Dominican baseball players of all time
04:47I have jokes about him when I met him. I remember just seeing him and being like oh my god
04:52and I said hi, and he was like
04:55Um where do I know you from and I was like um
04:57I'm on TV, and I said a joke about you, and he was like oh
05:02Yeah, I remember this thing and that was like holy mother of God
05:07so this is just a beautiful moment really full-circle moment, and then I
05:12went to the Super Bowl and
05:14Zinedine Zidane who is a legendary Real Madrid player Real Madrid
05:17Which is my favorite soccer team in Spain?
05:20And he was just walking by with this hoodie on and this hat on and obviously we're at a Super Bowl
05:25So like it's a lot of American people. Maybe they don't know these soccer players
05:27He's just walking and nobody's saying anything to him actually Michael Che was there with me, and I looked at Michael Chen. I'm like I
05:33Have to I have to do something right now. I'm sorry. He's like what and I ran over to
05:37Zizou, and I was like can I please take a selfie with you?
05:40He's like yeah, of course we took a quick selfie, and he walked off for him
05:43It was like you know a second, but for me
05:46This is like a lifelong dream to meet Zinedine Zidane and have this selfie with him is like
05:51Bucket list my mom was at the Super Bowl with me and after I took this picture
05:54I went up to my mom, and I was like we can go home
05:57We don't have to do anything else here. We can go back to Miami go whatever you want. I'm good
06:02I met Zinedine Zidane today the next one I got is
06:08Me with Kristen Wiig we were backstage right before we both went out for update
06:12Which like you have to understand like for like a newer cast member on an alumni episode
06:18To be on the same update desk with her is just insane
06:23Shout out to Colin Jost who wrote the earthquake sketch
06:30This was right when I walked off
06:32I had just done the earthquake update and Kristen was there waiting to go on and I was like oh my god
06:37This is amazing. I took my phone out, and I was like please take a picture of me and Kristen
06:41Kristen is just such a legend on SNL and off Bridesmaids is such a legendary movie my mom
06:46And I watch it together, and she's so so funny
06:48And this was just kind of like another surreal like how is this happening to me type of moment so my next picture is
06:57Backstage when we did the club with Jason Momoa who was so awesome
07:03You are an ugly person
07:08And this is just kind of like this area where we change it's called paint cans
07:11It's where like a lot of like you know stuff is happening with like painting the set or whatever so that's Keenan back there
07:19Don't miss out on Keenan's sick look just being around Keenan is always a good time
07:24He's been so good to me and taught me so much
07:27so it's just fun to like be changing and look over and see Keenan and be like
07:30Let's get it like are you ready?
07:33But he's the best. I love KT the next pic. I have is
07:38Kind of a super memorable moment, which was the tonight show I did a short very short set
07:44I did one of my jokes and my mom was there
07:46And it's like the tonight show and yandel was there and Manuel Turizo was there so like
07:53Manuel Turizo and Yandel are just two huge artists for Latinos and Ricky Martin was like the guest before me like
07:58It's just an insane night the set went well
08:00It was so short and I was so nervous and my mom is backstage, and she was actually not backstage
08:05She was in the crowd they cut to her
08:06And I think that's a night shows like a dream of yours when I was starting out in comedy
08:10I was watching a lot of Johnny Carson and just seeing these moments that these comedians had with the big hosts of the time
08:16And this was just so sick and Jimmy's so cool
08:19And when I came out just for the interview the roots were singing baby face
08:24The rap that I had with Chalamet black thought is like I got a baby face, but my hips don't lie
08:30I say I'm a bad kid bitch. I'm a bad guy, and I'm like
08:35What is happening a big show when I'm really nervous, and it's a big deal
08:39I think I listen to always be my baby
08:43But there's a brass tracks version that is like just no vocals
08:48Just so many drums, and what's this thing called?
08:52The trumpet and like what's the one that's in the sax I think and like it's just this crazy beat
08:59I really need to get hyped up. I listen to that and some Spanish music thrown in as well some
09:04I get don't the next one. I have is this
09:08This is for my Miami people okay when I was first starting out
09:12This is for my Miami people okay when I was first starting out
09:17I used to do croquette our reviews in Miami croquette does are a Cuban
09:22Pastry you could say the outside is fried like breadcrumbs fried on the outside and on the inside
09:27It's ham with maybe like chopped up onions finally finally chopped up everything the best croquettes in Miami are at
09:35East Las Canarias when I did this review
09:37I remember being excited because everybody had told me you have to do this review
09:40And I went and it was just an incredible croqueta if you're from Miami, and you know about croquettas
09:46You know about East Las Canarias