

He's speaking to an audience who wouldn't think twice about him doing a Rihanna song and doing it in tribute to exactly the way that she did it in the video. "You got Tom super excited about this big, risky idea." But it was just so organic. Patterson: There was a little bit of like, "Casey, what have you done?" kind of thing. I had no idea when Tom walked in that he was going to be able to do everything and then some. In 2010, then-British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, center, met with actors who played Billy Elliot - including a 13-year-old Tom Holland, far right.įlora: My process is creating ideas and hoping that whoever my celebrity is, maybe they'll be able to dance a little bit and perform a few counts sprinkled throughout the number. This is what they listen to, this is their music list." And then me and some of the writers would pitch ideas to Casey and talk her through how we visualized it. They loved the idea that they could show how multi-talented he is because you're going to see the physicality in "Spider-Man," but you really get to know someone when they come to "Lip Sync Battle."ĭanielle Flora, choreographer: At that time, we would say, "Okay, here are our celebrities that are coming in. They wanted to introduce Tom to an American audience in that spirit. Zendaya episode to promote 'Spider-Man: Homecoming' ahead of its July 2017 release.Ĭasey Patterson, executive producer: I really think it was in keeping with how they were positioning "Spider-Man" at the time, which was: It's all new. Sony approached the "Lip Sync Battle" producers with the idea of doing a Holland vs. Representatives for Zendaya and Rihanna did not respond to requests for comment.) The concept (A representative for Holland told Insider that he was "respectfully declining interview requests for the near future." Representatives for show host LL Cool J and co-host Chrissy Teigen declined requests for comment. "I get more compliments from dancing in the rain in fishnets than anything I've done."īelow, to celebrate the episode's 4th anniversary, those who worked on it - including producers, choreographers, writers, and dancers - reveal to Insider how the seminal moment in pop culture history came to be. "That 'Lip Sync Battle' is kind of one of those things that has kind of come back to haunt me a little bit," Holland told Entertainment Weekly earlier this year. Hillary Clinton: I wanna be under Barack Obama, Bama, Bama, ay, ay, ay, under Barack Obama, Bama, Bama, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay ay.Holland, Zendaya, and "Spider-Man: Homecoming" director John Watt.

Hillary Clinton: Pour your chocolate rain on me, and I’ll make you my VP. The polls have me in the lead, but your pole’s the only one I need.īarack Obama: Girl you’re making me really hot. I can’t lie I that’s why I wanna be under Barack Obama, Bama, Bama, ay, ay, ay, under Barack Obama, Bama, Bama, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay ay. We may have differed on Iraq, but noone’s stiffer in the sack. Hells yeah, we’re both down with the swirl. So can I be blamed if I want to get some strange? Yes I am a firm believer in some hardcore jungle fever. Bill had Monica playin’ him like a harmonica. Hillary Clinton: I’m in the front, but what I want…is a little bit of mandingo love. She’s got her eyes on the prize and I’m talkin’ bout my junk. Yo, Barack Obama! I’m a black democrat, no I ain’t no punk, Hillary’s a hot mama. Yo, my girl Hillary former First Lady, will she be president? Who knows, maybe. Under Barack Obama Lyrics – Obama, Clinton Umbrella Parodyīarack Obama: Uh-huh uh-huh, uh-huh uh-huh. Watch this parody and you may never look at Obama and Clinton the same way again…. There’s some really funny parts in this Umbrella parody by the folks at MadTV. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton get together to perform “Under Barack Obama” their version of Rihanna’s Umbrella.
