--- title: Here's a Petition for Deadpool to Host Saturday Night Live description: In case you've been living under a rock, people are going pretty crazy over Deadpool. canonical: https://time.com/4229067/petition-deadpool-host-saturday-night-live/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-18T17:27:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:30:13.657Z og:title: You Can Now Sign a Petition for Deadpool to Host Saturday Night Live og:description: It has over 25,000 signatures to date og:url: https://time.com/4229067/petition-deadpool-host-saturday-night-live/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3b608aa9143f470d/69887e2e428a9e4427cd1738/ryan-reynolds-deadpool.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: Apple Store Soho Presents Meet The Actor: Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, TJ Miller, and Ed Skrein, "Deadpool" og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: You Can Now Sign a Petition for Deadpool to Host Saturday Night Live twitter:description: It has over 25,000 signatures to date twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3b608aa9143f470d/69887e2e428a9e4427cd1738/ryan-reynolds-deadpool.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # You Can Now Sign a Petition to Get Deadpool to Host _Saturday Night Live_ > Sponsored content. 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Actor Ryan Reynolds attends Apple Store Soho Presents Meet The Actor: Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, TJ Miller, and Ed Skrein, 'Deadpool' at Apple Store Soho on February 9, 2016 in New York City. Jim Spellman/WireImage  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 18, 2016 5:27 PM UTC In case you’ve been living under a rock, people are going pretty crazy over [_Deadpool_](http://time.com/4219431/review-ryan-reynolds-deadpool/). The untraditional superhero flick smashed multiple box office records with a whopping [$135 million opening weekend](http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/comscore-announces-official-worldwide-box-office-results-for-weekend-of-february-14-2016-300219908.html) and earned the [biggest debut ever for an R-rated film](http://time.com/4224410/deadpool-box-office-movie-ryan-reynolds/). In fact, some viewers were so enthralled by the [Merc with a Mouth](http://time.com/4215470/deadpool-writers-superhero-movie/) that they’re already demanding more from Marvel’s latest star. One die-hard fan, Andrew Stege, has even created a [Change.org petition](https://www.change.org/p/lorne-michaels-have-deadpool-host-saturday-night-live) to bring the Ryan Reynolds character to _Saturday Night Live_. The plea, which is addressed to Lorne Michaels, _SNL_, Reynolds and NBC, requests that an episode of the beloved variety show features Deadpool as its host. “I have not watched a full episode of _SNL_ in years because I just haven’t been able to stomach an entire episode, but having Deadpool host, star, and be all over the episode would get the DVR set so I can watch it again and again!,” Stege wrote. **Read More:** [Betty White’s _Deadpool_ Review Is Hilarious](http://time.com/4219047/deadpool-review-betty-white/) The petition was started four weeks ago and has garnered over 25,000 supporters to date. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4229067/petition-deadpool-host-saturday-night-live/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4229067/petition-deadpool-host-saturday-night-live/"},"headline":"You Can Now Sign a Petition to Get Deadpool to Host Saturday Night Live","datePublished":"2016-02-18T17:27:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:30:13.657Z","description":"It has over 25,000 signatures to date","url":"https://time.com/4229067/petition-deadpool-host-saturday-night-live/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","movies","Saturday Night Live","TV","Ryan Reynolds","Deadpool"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3b608aa9143f470d/69887e2e428a9e4427cd1738/ryan-reynolds-deadpool.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3b608aa9143f470d/69887e2e428a9e4427cd1738/ryan-reynolds-deadpool.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Apple Store Soho Presents Meet The Actor: Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, TJ Miller, and Ed Skrein, \"Deadpool\"","caption":"Actor Ryan Reynolds attends Apple Store Soho Presents Meet The Actor: Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, TJ Miller, and Ed Skrein, 'Deadpool' at Apple Store Soho on February 9, 2016 in New York City.","creditText":"Jim Spellman/WireImage","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4229067/petition-deadpool-host-saturday-night-live/","name":"You Can Now Sign a Petition to Get Deadpool to Host Saturday Night Live"}}]}] ```