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'When I do leave, it will be the hardest thing,' Wiig tells Alec Baldwin of her eventual departure.
By Gil Kaufman
Kristen Wiig on SNL
Photo: NBC
No more Target Lady. No more Gillie. No more boozy Kathie Lee Gifford. No more loopy Bjork. On Monday, break-out "Saturday Night Live" star Kristen Wiig heightened speculation that her seven-year run on the show may be coming to an end.
Just days after rumors surfaced that Wiig, Jason Sudeikis and Andy Samberg could be flying the coop at the end of this season, Wiig was interviewed on Alec Baldwin's popular podcast on Monday and hinted that the end may be nigh.
"I don't know," Wiig said when Baldwin asked if her run on "SNL" could be "winding down" soon. "Everyone has to leave...and I will say that when I do leave, it's not because I'm sick of it and not because I see something better or anything like that. It's just that it's time. When I do leave, it will be the hardest thing."
Even as she became one of the most valuable cast members of the show over the past few years with her many go-for-broke characters and spot-on impressions of everyone from Lana Del Rey to Kris Jenner and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Wiig has tasted the fruits of big-screen success as well thanks to the smash "Bridesmaids"
She not only co-starred in the film, but also wrote it with pal Annie Mumolo, earning an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay.
The 38-year-old actress, who appeared in bit parts in films such as "Knocked Up," "Adventureland," "Whip It!" and "Date Night," also told Baldwin that she's got some big plans on the horizon that don't involve late-night TV.
"People are always so surprised when I want to do dramatic stuff," she said. "There are a couple of things that I'm looking at doing next that aren't comedies at all. One of them is really not at all." Though she would not cough up the details on said dramatic project, Baldwin tweaked her by saying that the versatile comic would have "absolutely no prospects whatsoever" when she left the show.
"It's a really ballsy move on your part because who the F is going to hire you?" he joked about the "SNL" star that executive producer and show creator Lorne Michaels has called one of the top three actors to ever appear on the show.
"I don't know. I may go back to open up a canoe shop," she fired back.
According to her IMDB page, Wiig has a number of movies in the can, including vocal work on "How to Train Your Dragon 2," as well as roles in "The Comedian," "Freezing People is Easy," a re-make of "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty," "Imogene" and "Revenge for Jolly!"
Though an unnamed insider told Us Weekly that Wiig, Sudeikis and Samberg are leaving at season's end and that a pal said, "Kristen was talking about leaving a while ago ... with her movie success, it's no surprise," a spokesperson for Wiig and Sudeikis squashed the talk. "There is no truth to this rumor on both Jason and Kristen's behalf," the spokesperson said.
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