SNL Video: Willem Dafoe Gets Nasty as Beauty and the Beast's Maurice

January 30, 2022 - Willem Dafoe becomes Maurice and Pete Davidson becomes the Beast in this hilarious SNL sketch.

January 30, 2022 - 'SNL': Host Willem Dafoe played Maurice in the sketch comedy's 'Beauty and the Beast' parody — watch video.

January 30, 2022 - Willem Dafoe played a naughty version of Belle’s dad from ‘Beauty and the Beast’ on SNL.

January 30, 2022 - Pete Davidson, Chloe Fineman, and Willem Dafoe spoofed Disney's classic film, 'Beauty and the Beast' on SNL last night. Davidson played the Beast to Fineman's Belle, while host Willem DaFoe portrays Belle's father, Maurice.

January 30, 2022 - In addition to a stellar performance from Dafoe, Pete Davidson fans surely got one of their fantasies fulfilled seeing the comedian done up as the Beast. He’s almost unrecognizable under the makeup until he drops into his signature snark early in the sketch. Also, surely there’s someone out there with a fetish for Mikey Day as a candlestick or Kyle Mooney as a cup? ... So how’d Willem Dafoe do?

January 30, 2022 - In addition to a stellar performance from Dafoe, Pete Davidson fans surely got one of their fantasies fulfilled seeing the comedian done up as the Beast. He’s almost unrecognizable under the makeup until he drops into his signature snark early in the sketch. Also, surely there’s someone out there with a fetish for Mikey Day as a candlestick or Kyle Mooney as a cup? So how’d Willem Dafoe do?

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In one of the night’s best sketches, Belle from Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (played by Chloe Fineman) uses a magic mirror to look in on her father after she’s been kidnapped.

January 31, 2022 - Manning is the only NFL player who’s ever acquitted himself well on SNL, and his endearing performance here is a season highlight. Particularly funny is his dramatic declaration that his new favorite show offers “a fresh take on feminism – FINALLY!” · Then Davidson and Fineman play the title characters from Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. Belle uses a magical mirror to look in on her beloved father (Dafoe, doing a very broad and funny French accent).

January 30, 2022 - Another sketch saw Fineman and Pete Davidson portraying Beauty and the Beast, and the former expressed that she wanted to see how her father was doing after moving into her partner's castle. The Beast then gives her a magic mirror to see anything she wants to, and she chooses to look at her parent, played by Dafoe, who wanders into their home in search of her.

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January 30, 2022 - Dafoe also was by far the best part of Beauty & The Beast: The Mirror, one of the few times he was really able to let loose with a Lighthouse-esque physical performance.

January 30, 2022 - Overall this episode was weak and didn’t really use Willem Dafoe well. Willem looked awkward reading his lines, and sketches where he had to play off himself didn’t do him any favors, like the Beauty and the Beast mirror sketch. And speaking of, did a fifth grader join the writing staff?

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January 31, 2022 - Here are our picks for the four funniest SNL sketches from this episode. All the reasons you’ve been waking up in the middle of the night are brilliantly explained in a new jam featuring Chris Redd, and Keanan Thomspon. Yeah, Dafoe’s late-night soul patch will haunt you. Forever. Everyone remembers Belle’s father in Beauty and the Beast, the “crazy old” inventor named Maurice.