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‘Saturday Night’s Cory Michael Smith Talks “Terror” Of Mastering Chevy Chase Portrayal
Recounting the 90 minutes before the first 'Saturday Night Live' broadcast in 1975, 'Saturday Night' premiered Friday on the show's 49th anniversary.
“I just was like, I have to know how this man would say every line, what his body and face would be doing instinctually and sort of deprogram myself and my instincts from this, or else I would feel fraudulent the whole time, which just would not be okay,” added Smith. Saturday Night takes place on Oct. 11, 1975, as a ferocious troupe of young comedians and writers change television forever. The film also stars Gabriel LaBelle as Lorne Michaels, Rachel Sennott as Rosie Shuster, Dylan O’Brien as Dan Aykroyd, Ella Hunt as Gilda Radner, Emily Fairn as Laraine Newman, Matt Wood as John Belushi, Lamorne Morris as Garrett Morris, Kim Matula as Jane Curtin, Nicholas Braun as Andy Kaufman/Jim Henson, Cooper Hoffman as Dick Ebersol, Kaia Gerber as Jacqueline Carlin and Willem Dafoe as David Tebet.
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