Jenna Ortega Spoofs The Parent Trap Remake on SNL

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Not precisely seeing double.

While making her debut hosting NBC's Saturday Night Live on March 11, Jenna Ortega and her Wednesday co-star Fred Armisen, an SNL alum, paid tribute to the 1998 Lindsay Lohan movie The Parent Trap.

The 2 starred successful a sketch that depicted a behind-the-scenes look astatine the filming of a fictional remake of the fan-favorite flick, which was a reboot of a 1961 film. Jenna, sporting a hairstyle akin to the 'do Lindsay wore onscreen, plays an histrion taking connected the roles of long-lost twins Hallie and Annie. Fred portrays a gruff unit subordinate named Raymond, who reads lines with her while filling successful for her assemblage double, who is retired sick. And helium has plentifulness of ideas connected however to marque the country better.

But following the script? For him, intelligibly optional.

At 1 constituent during their reading, Jenna's quality expresses dismay astatine her belongings getting soaked successful a rainstorm. "Are immoderate of your pictures ruined?" Raymond asks, to which she responds, "Only the beauteous Shawn Mendes." Raymond comments, "Wow! He is hot!"

Fred's quality past names his ain crush, former Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Lisa Rinna. He adds, "I would fto her wreck me."

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Later successful the scene, Jenna's quality tries to portion unneurotic their household histories to uncover their existent identities. "Think astir it," she says, "I lone person a begetter and you lone person a mother. You've ne'er seen your dada and I've ne'er seen my mom. You person 1 aged representation of your ma and I person 1 aged representation of your dad."

Raymond responds, "Yeah, similar successful that Lindsay Lohan movie astir the twins."

Clearly impressed with the speechmaking session, the director, played by SNL star Bowen Yang, aboriginal makes a casting alteration that ends the sketch successful a shocking twist.

Watch it each spell down below: