The ‘Maverick’ spoof contains Jon Hamm, Charles Parnell, and Billy Crystal as Kimmel prepares to host the awards present for the third time
Jimmy Kimmel is set to return to the Oscars. To usher within the event, he’s joined by High Gun: Maverick stars Jon Hamm and Charles Parnell within the first trailer for the 2023 awards present.
The 2-time (quickly to be three-time) host places on the Maverick flight go well with for the teaser and is grilled by each Hamm and Parnell, who let him know that he was neither their first, second, and even tenth selection for the gig.
When describing the “mission” at hand, Parnell explains that ABC has tasked them with discovering a number who’s “unflappable” and “unslappable” — a reference to the fiasco that came about in the course of the Finest Documentary award presentation on the 2022 Oscars.
Kimmel replies, “That’s good, as a result of I can’t get slapped. I cry quite a bit.”
As Kimmel makes an attempt to hawk his skills to the unimpressed duo — promising he’ll lead a “standing ovation for somebody previous” and assuring he’ll give one of the best image to the proper film this time — he’s saved by nine-time Oscars host Billy Crystal, who gently suggests they provide Kimmel one other probability.
The Oscars will happen on March 12. Kimmel final hosted the present in 2018, which additionally occurred to be the final time the Oscars had a single host. After Kevin Hart backed out of the 2019 present, there was no official host in 2020 or 2021, and final 12 months featured Regina Corridor, Amy Schumer, and Wanda Sykes main the ceremony collectively.