Bill Hader is back in the hat.

The comedian voices the titular cat in the new animated movie The Cat in the Hat , an adaptation of Dr. Seuss’ 1957 children’s book. It’s the second time Hader has played the character, as he portrayed a more adult iteration of the Cat in the Hat in a Saturday Night Live sketch in 2014.

At the film’s Los Angeles premiere on Sunday, Hader confirmed that his SNL take “was a much different version of Cat in the Hat ” than this family-friendly version, which he was “very flattered” to be asked to play. He also didn’t draw from Mike Myers’ 2003 live-action version, which he admitted to having never seen.

Writer/directors Erica Rivinoja and Alessandro Carloni gushed over Hader on the carpet, with both having worked with him on previous projects and knowing he would be right to lead the film. “He’s the funniest, best voice actor ever.…