Seeing Youssef host a fictionalized version of the Golden Globes seems designed to trigger a deep Mandela Effect response in the viewer. While Youssef won a Best Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy Globe for the leading role in his Netflix series Ramy, he has not hosted the Golden Globes nor any other award show of note. Given the Poor Things performer’s multi-hyphenate experience as a writer, director, producer, and actor, that seems like a grave oversight on Hollywood’s part. Thankfully this Studio gig allows the to feel out how hosting an awards show might go.
“Seth and Evan kind of let me riff off a bunch of things that I thought I would say if I were the host of the Globes – just anything I would think of,” he says. “Then they would make it even funnier. It almost felt like being in a writers room, but it was just acting and being on set. I love the show, and I think Seth is so good in it.”
As one might expect, “The Golden Globes” ends up being a celebrity cameo bonanza. Adam Scott finally gets the award he so richly deserves, Hacks creators Paul W. Downs and Lucia Aniello add to their trophy case, and Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos teaches Matt Remick a very important lesson about contractually-obligated thank you’s. Through it all, Ramy serves as a very competent, if overwhelmed MC of the chaos at the Beverly Hilton. Perhaps he’ll have a chance to host the real thing soon.
New episodes of The Studio premiere Wednesdays on Apple TV+, culminating with the season 1 finale on May 21.
