of Hercules in front of a live studio audience?On December 7, the internet boyfriend-turned-action star flexed his theater kid muscles while hosting .
In the most notable sketch of the evening, and the rest of the SNL cast turned Gladiator II into a musical, complete with original music.
Well, at least until the end of the sketch, when the 28-year-old actor flew away from the Colosseum on a broom, finishing off “There's No Place Like Rome” with Elphaba's famous riff from “.”“Gladiator II was a hit, earning over $300 million world wide.
But then we saw the massive success of and ,” the trailer's narrator explained. “So after some rushed reshoots, Gladiator II is now a musical.” You can watch the full sketch :Listen, it’s all fun and games until you’re unironically vibing with the Gladiator musical—or, even better, fan-casting Paul Mescal in a live-action remake of Hercules, which is exactly what’s going down on TikTok. “He would eat up a Disney prince role tbh he's got the voice,” one commenter in SNL's comment section, unaware that others had a very specific role in mind.“That's our live action Hercules for Disney,” the top commenter wrote, receiving over 20,000 likes.