Blackfilmandtv.com's Wilson Morales talks to #GabrielLaBelle, #RachelSennott, #LamorneMorris, #CoryMichaelSmith, #DylanOBrien, and #EllaHunt about #SaturdayNight
At 11:30pm on October 11, 1975, a ferocious troupe of young comedians and writers changed television – and culture – forever. Directed by Jason Reitman and co-written by Gil Kenan & Reitman, Saturday Night is based on the true story of what happened behind the scenes in the very last 90 minutes leading up to the very first broadcast of Saturday Night Live. Full of humor, and chaos, and the magic of a revolution that almost wasn't, we count down the minutes in real time until we'll hear those famous words...
The cast features Gabriel LaBelle as Lorne Michaels, Rachel Sennott as Rosie Shuster, Cory Michael Smith as Chevy Chase, Ella Hunt as Gilda Radner, and Dylan O’Brien as Dan Aykroyd, with Emily Fairn, Matt Wood, Lamorne Morris as Garrett Morris, Kim Matula, Finn Wolfhard, Nicholas Braun, Cooper Hoffman, Andrew Barth Feldman, Kaia Gerber, Tommy Dewey, Willem Dafoe, Matthew Rhys, and J.K. Simmons.
Saturday Night, formerly known as SNL 1975 while filming, is directed by Jason Reitman, director of the movies Thank You for Smoking, Juno, Up in the Air, Young Adult, Labor Day, Men Women & Children, Tully, The Front Runner, Ghostbusters: Afterlife previously.