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‘Saturday Night’ Cast Guide: Meet the Actors Playing Chevy Chase, Lorne Michaels, Gilda Radner and More ‘SNL’ Icons


Cast guide to Jason Reitman's "Saturday Night" film inspired by the original "Saturday Night Live" cast including Chevy Chase, John Belushi and more.

Premiering in 1975, “NBC’s Saturday Night” featured 8 original cast members dubbed the “Not Ready for Prime-Time Players:” Chevy Chase, Gilda Radner, Dan Akroyd, John Belushi, Garret Morris, Jane Curtin, Laraine Newman and Geroge Coe. Akroyd would go on to create a collection of beloved characters, including “On the Spot,” Irwin Mainway, the inventor of the Bass-O-Matic and Bat-O-Matic, Julia Child, and is half of the iconic duo that makes up “ Two Wild and Crazy Guys ” with Steve Martin. On the day his role was announced, Gray posted this on social media, “Well, here’s to the beginning of my (long) campaign for Senator … stoked to be part of this wild story as the legend Al Franken w my partner Mcabe Gregg as Tom Davis.”

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