AceShowbiz - Bowen Yang gets honest about one of the roles assigned to him on "Saturday Night Live" this season. The funnyman would rather not play Vice President J.D. Vance on the sketch show and begged producer Lorne Michaels to give the role to someone else.

"Lorne asked me and I said, 'Please, please, please don't make me do this,' " Yang recalled during an appearance on "The Daily Show". Despite his pleas, the "Wicked" star has taken on the "challenging" role of the Republican politician on the long-running NBC show.

Yang admitted to finding Vance a particularly tough character to portray, "First of all - God's honest truth, I really do my best with him, but every time I have to play him, I go to Lorne and I say, 'You can do a buyback. You don't have to stick with me. Please reach out to Zach Galifianakis. Please reach out to Taran Killam.' But, no, that's my charge."

To ensure his portrayal is as realistic as possible, Yang has undertaken extensive preparation. "I worked with - you guys are going to roll your f***ing eyes," he said, referring to "The Daily Show" host Desi Lydic and the audience. "I worked with an accent coach. We had to find the middle between Appalachian but Ohio. Like, we really had to find the right [voice]. And I was like, 'I don't want to screw this up.' "

Indeed, Yang faces a unique challenge in that he does not physically resemble Vance, which he acknowledges. "I have such an uphill battle here," Yang expressed. "Everyone in America is going to be like, 'This Asian guy is playing that guy?' I was like, 'I really got to nail this down.' And I'm just telling you guys, I'm doing my best, okay?"

Yang's debut as Vance came during the star-studded pre-election cold open of "SNL" Season 50 premiere last September. Alongside other notable impersonations such as Maya Rudolph as Kamala Harris and James Austin Johnson as Donald Trump, Yang's Vance abruptly got cut off when discussing the controversial right-wing political initiative Project 2025.

Since then, Yang has reprised the role in numerous sketches, parodying Vance's participation in key political events such as the vice presidential debate, Trump's White House confrontation with President Zelenskyy of Ukraine, and the Signal chat scandal.

While Yang might prefer for someone else to take on the role, his dedication and authenticity in portraying J.D. Vance on "SNL" is admirable.