VIDEO: HAMILTON's Taran Killam Talks Playing King George III: 'You Literally Can't Fail in That Role'

Taran Killam is currently making his Broadway debut as King George III in HAMILTON. The SNL alum stopped by last night's LATE SHOW to explain how his costume is the biggest challenge of the role. "It stinks. It's so heavy, and you're in heels, and for the first song you have a giant velvet cape that is literally swaying you to and fro like a tossed ship, so it's impossible to just walk in a straight line!" Watch the appearance below!

Taran Killam made his Broadway debut as Hamilton's King George III on January 17th. Last summer Killam co-starred in Encores Off Center production of Little Shop of Horrors (Orin Scrivello) with Ellen Greene and Jake Gyllenhaal. Killam was a cast member on "Saturday Night Live" for six years and has been seen in the films The Heat, Brother Nature and 12 Years a Slave. He recently wrapped his feature directorial debut Why We're Killing Gunther, an action comedy that Killam wrote and also stars in with Arnold Schwarzenegger.

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