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J.K. Simmons, Billy Bryk & Joe Chrest Among Final Additions To Jason Reitman’s ‘SNL 1975’


'SNL 1975' (wt) has added J.K. Simmons, Billy Bryk, Joe Chrest, Taylor Gray and Mcabe Gregg to its cast, which is now complete, Deadline understands.

As previously announced, The Fabelmans breakout Gabriel LaBelle leads the ensemble as Lorne Michaels, with Cooper Hoffman, Rachel Sennott, Ella Hunt, Lamorne Morris, Dylan O’Brien, Nicholas Braun, Finn Wolfhard and Kaia Gerber also to star. A regular collaborator of Reitman’s on films like Juno, Thank You for Smoking and Up in the Air, Simmons was most recently set to reprise in Gavin O’Connor The Accountant 2 for Amazon, starring alongside Ben Affleck, Jon Bernthal, and Cynthia Addai-Robinson. Best known for his role as patriarch Ted Wheeler on Netflix’s Stranger Things, which is coming up on its fifth and final season, Chrest’s recent feature credits include Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon and Zelda Williams’ Lisa Frankenstein.

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