Benedict Cumberbatch's 'SNL' sketch draws reference from Johnny Depp & Amber Heard's trial

Doctor Strange fame Benedict Cumberbatch took over stage of Saturday Night Live for second time on May 7 by featuring in a sketch that referred to Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s leaked draft opinion that would overturn Roe v We and ongoing Johnny Depp and Amber Heard's defamation suit. sketch that was set in 13th-century also starred SNL members Andrew Dismukes, Alex Moffat, Kate McKinnon, Chris Redd, and Cecily Strong.

Benedict Cumberbatch's SNL Cold Open sketch

With his look completed with a Prince Valiant wig, Cumberbatch and or two sat in a castle to debate on how to govern women's reproductive rights. sketch began with a voice-over and text scroll referencing Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s leaked citation.

Cumberbatch said, "It’s just while I was cleaning hole on side of castle where we poop and n it falls through sky into a hole of human faeces, I started to think about abortion. Don’t you think we ought to make a law against that?”.

To this Andrew Dismukes responded, "You mean like to know we have against pointy shoes?" Cumberbatch later ded, “Yes, exactly something fair and reasonable like those laws".

Cecily strong who joined sketch as a servant highlighted an important question. She asked, “Shouldn’t women have right to choose since having a baby means like a 50 per cent chance of dying?”. Later Mckinnon who appeared as a witch who can see future consoled Strong saying, "Worry not, dear girl".

“se barbaric laws will someday be overturned by something called progress. And n, after about 50 years after progress, y’ll be like, ‘Maybe we should undo progress.’ I don’t know why my visions from that time are very confusing. Seems like all of power comes from a place called Florida. And if you think our customs are weird, you should watch trial of Johnny Depp and Amber Heard,” finished Mckinnon. Watch SNL Cold Open sketch below:

Apart from this, Benedict Cumberbatch, during his SNL monologue was also seen poking fun at Will Smith for his violent altercation with Chris Rock on stage of Oscars 2022. 

About Amber-Johnny Defamation Trial

Johnny Depp is suing ex-wife Amber Heard for defamation after she wrote an op-ed for Washington Post. Heard referred to herself as a "public figure representing domestic abuse" in opinion piece. Although she did not identify Depp in her op-ed, he sued Heard for damaging his personal and professional life.

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