Keegan-Michael Key isn’t ruling out a reunion with Jordan Peele, and fans are officially on notice.
The Emmy winner caught up with PauseRewind’s entertainment reporter Courtney Tezeno at the Los Angeles Clippers & Comcast NBCUniversal’s NBA All-Star Legendary Tip-Off Celebration, where he reflected on his comedy roots, revealed his all-star TV dream team and addressed the question many fans still ask: Will he work with Jordan Peele again?
“I would love to. I would love to,” Key, 54, said. “Right now, our journeys are just going in their own directions. Right now we’re expressing ourselves that way, and I think that we’ll find ourselves back together. I do not have a timeline for that, but I would jump at the chance to work with him again in any capacity.”
While there’s no official project in the works, Key’s enthusiasm makes one thing clear: the door isn’t closed.
In the spirit of All-Star Weekend, Key also drafted his ultimate entertainment-industry starting five, and his strategy was all about versatility.
“I want five versatile players,” he explained. “I want positionless basketball.” His lineup? Pedro Pascal, Gary Oldman, Sam Rockwell, Margot Robbie, and Amy Adams.
“Because I’m going small, but I’m going positionless,” Key said. “The defense they don’t know who’s playing the point, who’s the two, who’s the center. They don’t know what’s happening.” The unpredictability of that lineup mirrors Key’s own career, which has moved seamlessly between sketch comedy, voice work, and blockbuster films.
When asked about the emotional roots of his humor, Key admitted he doesn’t spend much time dissecting it.
“Sometimes you just flow and you don’t examine that part of the pain,” he said. “I’m all for therapy but I don’t really know comedy usually comes from awkwardness. It’s when somebody opens up the way to do it.”
One thing he does know is where the spark began. Watching Eddie Murphy on “Saturday Night Live” as a preteen changed everything. “I watched him I’m like, ‘Whoa, that’s a job.’ It was the fact that opportunity was open to me.”
As for what’s next, Key shared that “in April, we have ‘The Super Mario Galaxy’ movie coming out, and I voiced Toad again, which was an absolute blast,” adding that he also has several projects currently in development.
For now, the “Key & Peele” stars may be charting separate paths, but if Key has his way, it’s only a matter of time before their journeys cross again.
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