While speaking to Today, Samberg admitted his casting on legendary late-night staple SNL came as a massive surprise to him. The actor was recommended for the show after he, Schaffer, and Taccone penned jokes for Jimmy Fallon's hosting stint at the 2005 MTV Movie Awards. Samberg found himself meeting with head honcho Lorne Michaels and was flabbergasted. The Lonely Island star reminisced, "He said, 'So you think you can do this?' and I said 'I would try my hardest.'"
Samberg later found out he was in, but only if he'd agree to cut his hair, which at that point was in the wild curly style fans probably associate with his earlier work on Hot Rod, etc. — it also forms the basis of a running joke with Matthew Bennett in Victorious, as seen in clips on Twitter. Thankfully, Samberg had no issue ditching his overgrown tresses, admitting he even offered, "I'll shave my head, I'll do whatever you want" to secure his dream job.
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