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Super Bowlweekend will be full of big firsts forDan Levy.
On Feb. 6, the night before the big game, the starwill make his debutas host ofSaturday Night Live.Then on Sunday, Feb. 7, Levy will appear in his firstSuper Bowl commercialfor M&M’s candy.
“It is a one-two punch of things that I never dreamed of for myself,” Levy, 37, tells PEOPLE exclusively. “It’s a strange time to have lovely things happen. At the same time, I think it’s so important to really sit and acknowledge the good things that happen, considering how strange these times are. So my plan is to really soak in all of it and have as much fun as I possibly can.”
Levy, whose hit comedySchitt’s Creekcame to an endaftersix seasonsin April andswept the Emmy Awardsin September, says it was “a very easy decision” to be a part of the candy company’s Super Bowl campaign.
“I’ve always really admired the M&M’s commercials. They’ve always been self-aware and funny and bright,” says Levy. “I was walked through what this spot would be and I was in, I was hooked. It’s a very rare opportunity that you read something and you’re like, ‘I have no hesitation, reservation—thank you very much, the answer is yes.'”
While Levy can’t spill the beans yet about the plot of the ad—although the teaser hints at a gender reveal gathering gone wrong—he says he’s proud of how “well- intentioned and fun” the final commercial turned out to be.
“The goal of the spot is just about connecting people and finding ways to bring people together, especially coming out of a pretty strange and tumultuous year,” saystheHappiest Seasonactor. “I think it’s such a hopeful little spot. It is funny and sweet, and I can’t wait for everyone to see it.”
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While Levy says will certainly be watching Super Bowl 55 from home, he admits that the matchup between the defending Super Bowl championKansas City Chiefs and the Tampa Bay Buccaneersis not as interesting to him as the other aspects of game day.
“I usually watchthe halftime showand I watch the ads, and I will try my best to get through the whole game this year,” he says. “But I can’t say that I understand football—so that’s on me.”
“I was once recruited for my high school football team, and that’s the closest that I have come to the sport outside of just being a very annoying person at a Super Bowl party—not that we’re having them any time soon,” says the star, who made hisdebut in PEOPLE’s Sexiest Man Aliveissue in November. “But previously and historically, I was always the person saying, ‘Why do they have to start that whole thing again? Why does he keep running outside the lines? Okay, I don’t understand this.’ And people eventually being, like, ‘Okay, can you go into another room or just be quiet?'”
As for the other big event of the weekend, Levy says that hosting onSNLfor the first time will be “a highlight of my life.”
Super Bowl 55 will air on CBS on Feb. 7 at 6:30 p.m. EST.
source: people.com
