THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT (L to R) ANYA TAYLOR as BETH HARMON in THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT. Cr. CHARLIE GRAY/NETFLIX © 2020 (GDA via AP Images)

She didn’t throughout the telecast, which comprised a succinct reference to The Queen’s Gambit at Taylor-Joy’s opening monologue. Nonetheless, it turns out she’d change herself into Beth at a sketch which has been cut for a while.

Inside, a ton of SNL cast members are ditching Taylor-Joy Queen’s Gambit-themed skits, such as Queens Gambit (named after the borough), where Kate McKinnon depicts a female with a solid Queens accent that plays chess against Taylor-Joy’s Beth at the cellar of Beth’s orphanage, where she discovered the match.

Taylor-Joy ultimately rejects all thoughts but if the SNL actors depart, she catches her mobile and produces a call.

“Hey Netflix, I have our Season two,” she states.

While Netflix’s The Queen Gambit was always meant to be a restricted series, its tremendous success sparked discuss a possible follow-up. There’s not been any proof that a sequel could occur, but celebrity Anya Taylor-Joy kept lovers’ hope living when she stated , after her Golden Globes triumph,”Never say never.”

View the aforementioned skit, which includes McKinnon like Borat and Beck Bennett as Mr. Bean, also contains a subtle dig in Elon Musk’s current SNL hosting gig.