Camila Mendes is best known for her breakout performance as pithy former mean girl Veronica Lodge on The CW's Riverdale. But when she's not storming the halls of Riverdale High School, walking the red carpet, or chatting with her 1.1 million Twitter followers, Mendes is just like any other 23-year-old: she's obsessed with Adult Swim and loves watching viral Youtube clips, and she's very good at doing impressions of the best of both (of course, it probably doesn't hurt that she's a professional actress).
Though Mendes claims no one ever laughs at her obscure impersonations, we beg to differ. We tasked the burgeoning comedian with recreating her favorite Adult Swim skits and internet videos for BAZAAR.com. Here, she takes on "Donkey Is Man's Best Friend" from Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule and Carol Krabit's "Don't Use that Sink" fortune from Adult Swim; Kate Ryan's now-iconic video of her baby daughter Ava screaming, "I smell like beef;" and Kyle Mooney's famous "sad" video. She might actually be funnier than the originals.
Give this girl a sketch comedy show stat.
You can watch all the original clips below.
Adult Swim: "Donkey Is Man's Best Friend" from Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule
Ava Ryan: "I smell like beef."
Kyle Mooney's "sad."
Adult Swim: Carol Krabit with Your Fortune
Riverdale airs Wednesday nights at 8 PM EST on The CW. Catch up on last night's episode, "Chapter Twenty-Three: The Blackboard Jungle," right here.
Julie Kosin is the senior culture editor of ELLE.com, where she oversees all things movies, TV, books, music, and art, from trawling Netflix for a worthy binge to endorsing your next book club pick. She's the former director of audience strategy and entertainment at HarpersBAZAAR.com. When not glued to her laptop, she can be found taking pictures of her dog or haunting used bookstores.
