Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton gets interrupted by Trump in 'SNL' cold open

Lin-Manuel Miranda isn't throwing away his shot to bring back his Alexander Hamilton.

The Tony winner reprised his title role from "Hamilton" in the latest "Saturday Night Live" cold open, which put him face-to-face with President Donald Trump (played by James Austin Johnson).

The sketch began with the signing of the Declaration of Independence, during which Miranda's Hamilton entered to give a stirring speech that transitioned into a rap.

"In America, we will never have a king," he rapped, only for Johnson's Trump to pop in and declare, "Never say never! Kidding, of course, though in many ways, I'm not. I'm in my king era."

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Johnson's Trump proceeded to give a rambling monologue while the actors portraying the founding fathers, including Miranda, remained frozen behind him. He deemed his inauguration, which took place inside "due to cold and fear," a "tremendous success" and riffed on the hat that first lady Melania Trump wore.

"We had a lot of surprise guests, like Melania," he said. "That was nice. Melania showed up to my inauguration dressed like, frankly, Kung Lao from 'Mortal Kombat.' "

In the "Mortal Kombat" video-game series, Kung Lao is known for his large hat that's used as a weapon.

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Trump also mocked Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who attended the inauguration, saying that "to quote some of his own children, 'I do not want him in my life.' "

But the sketch got meta as Trump roasted Miranda − calling him by his real name, not his character's name − for being forced to remain frozen the entire time he spoke.

"Look at Lin," he said. "Look how bad he wants to do a rap. He wrote a whole rap and he doesn't get to do it. Oh, the audience would have eaten that right up. But we're not going to hear it. He's in sniffing distance of an EGOT and he's got to stand there until I'm done."

Miranda, who struggled not to laugh as Johnson got closer to him, was finally forced to unfreeze to deny Trump/Johnson's claim that he anonymously contributed $1 million to the president's campaign.

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Timothée Chalamet jokes 'I just keep losing' awards, performs Bob Dylan songs on 'SNL'

The episode was hosted by Timothée Chalamet, who is nominated for an Oscar this year for playing Bob Dylan in "A Complete Unknown." The actor said he was "literally crying in my dressing room here" when he found out the movie received eight Oscar nominations.

But Chalamet joked that while it's an "enormous honor" to go to awards shows, "I just keep losing, and each time, it gets harder to pretend it doesn't sting." The show played a montage of Chalamet's face as other nominees won at various awards shows.

"The most embarrassing part is I've had this sad little speech in my pocket for four years that I've never gotten a chance to read," he said. "So I was thinking maybe tonight I could read it for everyone here."

Chalamet then asked the crowd to pretend they were at an awards show and handed an envelope to an audience member to open, only for them to announce that "the award goes to Kenan Thompson," who came on stage to accept while Chalamet looked displeased.

Chalamet also served as musical guest, performing a medley of Dylan's "Outlaw Blues" and "Three Angels" followed by "Tomorrow Is a Long Time."

In his monologue, the actor told viewers that while they "might not know" the Dylan songs he would be performing, they're his "personal favorites."

"I'm so grateful 'Saturday Night Live' is still doing weird stuff like this, 50 years in," he said. "They're either really nice for letting me do this, or incredibly mean and this is all a big prank. I sincerely can't tell. We'll find out."

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