Quack, quack, quack.<\/p>\n
Kenan Thompson flashed a \u201cMighty Ducks 4\u201d script \u2014 after Disney rejected his co-star Emilio Estevez\u2019s pitch for a fourth installment of the franchise \u2014 at the Anaheim Ducks game on Sunday. <\/p>\n
In a clip<\/a> shared by Sportsnet, Thompson, 47, wore a \u201cTyler\u201d jersey in honor of his character, Russ Tyler, whom he played in 1994\u2019s \u201cD2: The Mighty Ducks\u201d\u00a0and 1996\u2019s\u00a0\u201cD3: The Mighty Ducks,\u201d as he held up the script from his seat in the stands.<\/p>\n Kenan Thompson at the Anaheim Ducks game on Sunday, Feb. 1. kenanthompson\/Instagram<\/p>\n Kenan Thompson shows off his jersey honoring his \u201cMighty Ducks\u201d character. kenanthompson\/Instagram<\/p>\n Kenan Thompson flashes \u201cThe Mighty Ducks 4\u201d script at the Anaheim Ducks game. sportsnet\/Instagram<\/p>\n The \u201cSNL\u201d star<\/a> also led the stadium in a loud quack chant, which he documented in his own Instagram post. <\/a><\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s good to be home. \ud83c\udfd2\ud83e\udd45 That game sure was MIGHTY!!!! GO DUCKS!!!!\ud83d\udc4f\ud83c\udffe\ud83d\ude4c\ud83c\udffe,\u201d Thompson wrote in his caption.<\/p>\n Kenan Thompson in \u201cD3: The Mighty Ducks.\u201d \u00a9Walt Disney Co.\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n Thompson went to the ice hockey match at the Honda Center to celebrate Ducks forward Alex Killorn playing in his 1,000th NHL game. The Ducks won 4-3 against the Vegas Golden Knights.<\/p>\n In 2022, Thompson told ESPN <\/a>how starring in \u201cThe Mighty Ducks\u201d sparked his hockey fandom.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s always been super-duper love. Hockey fans can get a little rowdy after the game and stuff, but they just want to shout out\u00a0\u2018The Mighty Ducks\u2019\u00a0and tell me how much they meant to them, how it kept them motivated on their hockey paths,\u201d he said in the interview. \u201cIt\u2019s always been a lot of love.\u201d<\/p>\n Kenan Thompson at the Anaheim Ducks vs. Vegas Golden Knights game on Feb. 1. NHLI via Getty Images<\/p>\n Kenan Thompson waves from the Anaheim Ducks bench during warm-up. NHLI via Getty Images<\/p>\n Kenan Thompson in \u201cD3: The Mighty Ducks.\u201d Disney<\/p>\n Estevez, who plays coach Gordon Bombay in the \u201cMighty Ducks\u201d movies and the first season of the Disney+ series \u201cThe Mighty Ducks: Game Changer,\u201d revealed on the \u201cHappy Sad Confused\u201d podcast <\/a>last year that he wrote the script for \u201cThe Mighty Ducks 4,\u201d but Disney rejected it.<\/p>\n \u201cI wanted to make up for all of the disasters that happened on the\u00a0\u2018Game Changers\u2019\u00a0series,\u201d the 63-year-old actor said, explaining that his idea for the film involved \u201cCoach Bombay coming back, being pulled back in by\u00a0Josh Jackson\u2019s character and\u00a0Kenan Thompson\u2019s character to coach a a new team \u2014 an expansion team for the professional women\u2019s hockey league.\u201d<\/p>\n Emilio Estevez in \u201cThe Mighty Ducks\u201d (1992). \u00a9Walt Disney Co.\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n Emilio Estevez, Joshua Jackson in \u201cD3: The Mighty Ducks.\u201d \u00a9Walt Disney Co.\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n Marguerite Moreau, Matt Doherty, Kenan Thompson, David Selby, Joshua Jackson, Justin Wong, Shaun Weiss in \u201cD3: The Mighty Ducks.\u201d \u00a9Walt Disney Co.\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n \u201cSo it would be an all-girl team,\u201d Estevez said. \u201cNow when we discover Bombay, he\u2019s coaching roller derby. And so he says, \u2018My girls are going with me. They have to have a shot.\u2019 And it was charming and contemporary and cool and again, organically of the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n However, \u201cDisney was like, \u2018We don\u2019t wanna pursue that,\u2019 \u201d Estevez shared, noting that he doesn\u2019t own the rights to the franchise.<\/p>\n Emilio Estevez at SiriusXM Studios in New York City in April 2019. Getty Images<\/p>\n