Jenna Ortega and Aubrey Plaza’s SAG Awards chemistry has sent the internet into a tailspin
Jenna Ortega and Aubrey Plaza together is a big win for moody gays. (Getty/Kevin Winter)
Jenna Ortega and Aubrey Plaza teamed up to present at the SAG Awards last night (26 February), and their chemistry has fans begging Hollywood for a movie.
Taking to the stage to present the Best Male Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries award together, it became immediately obvious that the pair have the exact same brooding, impassive energy.
āI donāt know why they paired us up together,” said The White Lotus star Plaza, as Ortega surveyed the room with a stone-cold expression.
āI know, we have nothing in common,ā the Wednesday actress replied, managing to deliver the line without a hint of irony. Speaking in unison, the duo continued: āWe should find the people who did this and curse their families and watch as misoftune follows their bloodline for the next seven generations.ā
āOk, I see it now,ā Plaza said, receiving one of the eveningās biggest laughs from the star-studded audience.
At home, the audience reaction was equally unanimous: when is Hollywood going to case these two icons in a hilarious but murderous TV series?
āSee, now this is just simply superb,ā one person wrote on social media. āIf every studio isn’t trying to write something for these two together right now then they have f****d up.ā
āCast them together now,ā and āthey need to do a series togetherā were the two main, undivided opinions on the Internet, but some fans were a little more specific in what they wanted to see the pair star in.
āThem in a revenge movie would be crazy,ā one person said, while another demanded: āGive me a movie with these two, Brie Larson and Natasha Lyonne and we got blockbuster gold.ā
āGive me a movie with them and Elizabeth Olsen,ā another ordered, while one fan suggested Jenna Ortega and Aubrey Plaza should take over from Jimmy Kimmel as this yearās Oscar hosts.
Others were simply going wild for how the pair looked on stage together, in all their deadpan and frankly gay glory.
āI’ve never felt more represented (Latinx, queer, monotone and cursing a family for generations),ā shared one fan.
āI have a type and Iām not afraid to say it,ā wrote another.
The SAG Awards saw Everything Everywhere All At Once break the record for the highest number of wins in one night at the ceremony, with the film’s lead actress Michelle Yeoh becoming the first Asian winner in the Female Actor in a Leading Role category.
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