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Plus those who may yet be announced. What about George Coe? Paul Shaffer?

According to Deadline, the film will show the backstage chaos before the very first show, counting down the minutes in real time to the infamous words, ‘Live from New York, it’s Saturday Night!’” In a bold creative choice, filmmakers Jason Reitman and Gil Kenan have decided to cast real people to play the historical figures at the heart of the story, rather than go the Flash route and use AI deepfakes. The Fablemans star Gabriel LaBelle is playing lil’ baby Lorne Michaels, who is ushered into the NBCUniversal Universe by Dick Ebersol ( Cooper Hoffman). Shuster went on to date Dan Aykroyd (early seasons of the show were basically one big cuddle puddle, according to frequent host Carrie Fisher).

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