Starring in classics movies like Casper, Final Destination and Little Giants, Devon Sawa is now sharing his body of work with his children as Chucky TV show hits the screens.
In his latest interview with Entertainment Tonight, Devon touched on his memorable role as Stan in Eminem’s hit song of the same name from The Marshall Mathers LP album, which was released in 2000.
“This is one of the most favorite things I have done. I am so proud to talk about that video. Dr. Dre directed it. It was Eminem when he was just coming out. Those 3 days on set were some of the best days I had on set. I was just surrounded by greatness.”
“Dre knew what he was doing those 3 days. You knew how excited he was and he knew what he was doing and what he was getting. So you kind of knew you were being a part of something important.” said Sawa.
He also shared his opinion on Pete Davidson’s parody of “Stan,” saying: “I loved it. It was funny. It was in good taste. A lot of fun. I loved it.”
Following the release of Eminem’s “Zeus” from the deluxe edition of Music to Be Murdered By – Side B, where Eminem throws jabs at Snoop Dogg, many fans had different theories about why Eminem fired shots at Snoop Dogg.
In the song, Eminem raps: “As far as squashin’ beef, I’m used to people knockin’ me. But, just not in my camp. I’m diplomatic, ’cause I’m tryna be. Last thing I need is Snoop doggin’ me. Man, dog, you was like a damn God to me. Man, not really. I had dog backwards.”
Snoop Dogg has always been some kind of salty towards Eminem in his interviews. Most recently, Snoop leave out Eminem from his Top 10, said he can live without Eminem’s music and Slim Shady is only considered Top 10 in the game because of Dr. Dre.
Recently, a decades old interview has surfaced online, where Snoop Dogg is dissing Eminem and his one of the greatest hits, “Stan,” featuring Dido.
At one point, Snoop said, “I don’t listen to Eminem records. No disrespect to him. I’m gangsta.” and then mocks ‘Stan’ lyrics: “I don’t hear that bulls**t, I’m a gangsta”
Saturday Night Live delivered one of the show’s funniest sketches over the years with a parody of Eminem‘s 2000 hit song “Stan,” featuring Dido and SNL managed to surprise fans with a cameo from the legendary rapper himself along with comedian Pete Davidson.
“Eminem was approached a couple of days in advance by SNL to see if he was available and it worked out for him to do it. It came together really quickly,” a source told to Entertainment Online.
The same magazine spoke with Devon Sawa, an actor who played Stan’s role in Eminem’s original music video, on Monday, while he was promoting his upcoming horror film Hunter Hunter, and he revealed how much he enjoyed the SNL sketch and praised Pete Davidson’s performance in recreating the Stan character into Stu.
“I do not think I have smiled so much in a long time,” says Devon Sawa. “I think Pete Davidson nailed it. Some people do not see some of the things that I saw. He did everything from the pencil blow to certain eyerolls. He really kind of copied me perfectly but also did his own thing and spun it his own way and I am very flattered that I was in a music video that is lasted so long.”
“Someone tweeted me, ‘Are you watching SNL right now?’ and somebody else tweeted that they were doing a ‘Stan’ parody, and my first reaction was, ‘Oh no, are they ripping it apart?’ But it is just funny. It is just they took the song, twisted it, and Pete Davidson is a talented dude.”
“Stan” was released almost two decades ago. And now the comedian Pete Davidson who is close friend of Machine Gun Kelly, parodied the song on “Saturday Night Live” by turning it into a twisted Christmas anthem, “Stu,” and Eminem himself makes the appearance.
With his hair bleached blond hair, Pete Davidson descended down some basement steps to write his letter to Santa Claus. Surrounded by lots of photos of jolly ole Saint Nick, he began, “Dear Santa, I can not believe the year is almost over, it is getting colder, I am a year older but I am still your soldier… the only thing keeping me alive, Dear Santa, please bring me a PS5.”
He continues: “I tried to buy one at Walmart, ran around the shop mall like Paul Blart, tried to find one for sale, but the thing is they are all out, yo, I even went to a Gamestop, but then I was like, ‘Oh wait stop,’ Santa Claus can make one, the man got his own workshop.”
Eminem’s “Stan” features a pop singer Dido singing the chorus, and Kate McKinnon took on that role in “Stu” video. Also Eminem and Sir Elton John famously performed the song the 43rd Annual Grammy Awards. Which is included in the “Stu” clip, as well.
“Stu is waiting for his surprise, to open up a PS5, he just really wants to play, “Assassin’s Creed” on Christmas Day, but he can not buy it himself because he lost his job because he was stealing from his boss, I would be worried, Stu is a scary guy / a scary guy,” McKinnon sang on chorus.
Yang’s verse went: “This year Christmas will be bad, cause Santa s**ks and Stu is sad. He already asked you really nicely and now he is really pissed off. I am just telling you cause I like you a lot. I am a big fan of Santa Claus and I also want a PS5, a PS5.”
The end of “Stu” video, Satna finally responds: “Dear Stu, I think you got the wrong address bro. I’m not Santa Claus, bye bye.”
Eminem made the appearance at the very end of the video, shown on the television screen in Pete Davidson’s basement. Eminem appeared in a holiday sweater, saying he received a PS5 even though he never asked for it: “I guess Shady must have been a good boy this year. Sorry Stu, you f**ed up.”
On this day, exactly 20 years ago (November 21, 2000), Eminem released “Stan,” featuring Dido, as the 3rd single from his third solo studio album “The Marshall Mathers LP.”
The multi-platinum “Stan” single was one of his most well-received singles. VH1’s ranked the song at number 15 on the list of Top 100 Hip Hop Songs of All Time. Rolling Stone magazine also put “Stan” at number 296 in their list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and was named in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.
Based on the content of the song, this song has cemented itself in history, with “Stan” being entered into the Oxford Dictionary as an informal noun. It is generally considered to be a portmanteau of “stalker” and “fan,” but Oxford defines the term as: An overzealous or obsessive fan of a particular celebrity.
In a 2011, Eminem appeared on Shade 45 radio channel where he revealed: “There was a verse where Stan got out of the water. He escaped and came to my house to kill me. Then I had to kill him first but I missed him, and he was in the hospital for like three weeks. Then he was pissed off that I did not write him get-well cards, so he came to kill me again, and in the last verse finally I just blew his head off.
In 2013, Eminem released the second part of the song, titled “Bad Guy,” wherein Stan’s younger brother Matthew avenges his brother’s death. Listen to the song below:
