Movies Film Festivals TIFF Bowen Yang did an entire film festival Q&A while holding giant inflatable penis The SNL star recalled Megan Mullally telling him that the entire cast of Dicks: The Musical would get "death threats" for the film's shocking content. By Joey Nolfi Joey Nolfi Entertainment Weekly's Oscars expert, 'RuPaul's Drag Race' beat reporter, host of 'Quick Drag' Twitter Spaces, and cohost of 'EW's BINGE' podcast. Almost all of the drag content on this site is my fault (you're welcome). EW's editorial guidelines Published on September 8, 2023 10:41AM EDT It wouldn't be the world premiere of Dicks: The Musical without someone holding a giant penis during the post-screening Q&A. Bowen Yang did just that at the Toronto International Film Festival following the Midnight Madness showing of Borat director Larry Charles' wild new comedy in which the Saturday Night Live star plays a queer version of God. His deity oversees the journey of two identical twins (writer-stars Josh Sharp and Aaron Jackson, who are not actual twins) attempting to get their oddball parents (Megan Mullally and Nathan Lane) back together. Bowen Yang at 'Dicks: The Musical' world premiere during the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival. Joey Nolfi for EW After being granted a SAG-AFTRA interim agreement to promote the film at TIFF, Sharp, Jackson, and Yang took the stage for a Q&A after combing the crowd for leftover items — including phallic balloons — that dropped from the balcony during Dicks' closing musical sequence. The 32-year-old comedian fielded questions from the audience for the remainder of the segment, holding the inflated penis under his right arm the entire time. Toward the end of the event, Yang told a hilarious story about Mullally realizing just how ludicrous the film was on her first day of shooting, while they sang a gospel-tinged ensemble number called (light spoiler alert) "God Is a F----t." "There was a moment when we were shooting the final scene, doing take after take of 'God Is a F----t,' and Megan Mullally went over to one of the boys and said, 'You guys are going to get death threats,'" Yang said, still clutching the blow-up penis. "And then she looked at me and said, 'We're all going to get death threats!'" Bowen Yang at 'Dicks: The Musical' world premiere at TIFF 2023. Joey Nolfi for EW Sharp and Jackson also revealed that they wrote the part of their characters' no-nonsense boss for rapper Megan Thee Stallion, whom they were both surprised accepted the offer to join the film. "She is the best, the nicest, most fun, it's crazy," Jackson said. "We had the boss character written and that song was placeholder for whoever we could get. That was our No. 1, of course, we were like, Megan Thee Stallion, she'll never say yes, and then she did, then we were like, f---, now we have to write a Megan Thee Stallion song." Sharp added that the pair "had one morning to do it and learn all these lyrics" before pitching the final version of the recording artist's show-stopping number, and the meeting ended with Sharp rapping the tune "into a phone" for Stallion on the other line. "She showed up to set and was like, 'You got bars,'" he finished. Dicks: The Musical releases to theaters Sept. 29 via A24. Watch the full conversation at TIFF 2023 below. Sign up for Entertainment Weekly's free daily newsletter to get breaking TV news, exclusive first looks, recaps, reviews, interviews with your favorite stars, and more. Related content: 11 must-see movies at 2023 fall film festivals, from Bradley Cooper's Maestro to major Oscars contenders Bowen Yang 'almost died' in Iceland after a drone spooked his horse while he was shooting Nora From Queens Not quite Kenough: Dan Levy, Ben Platt, Bowen Yang missed out on Barbie due to scheduling conflicts