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Cast of “Saturday Night” Discuss The Iconic SNL Castmates [Video]

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Ella Hunt, Cory Michael Smith, Lamorne Morris, Gabriel LaBelle, Rachel Sennott, Dylan O’Brien, and director Jason Reitman sit down with FD’s Jacqueline Coley to talk about their upcoming movie Saturday Night.

The cast shared how they captured the essence of the iconic cast, what the auditioning process was like, their favorite SNL sketch and so much more! See ‘Saturday Night’ in theaters October 11.

The first broadcast of “SNL” took place on Oct. 11, 1975. The episode was hosted by comedian George Carlin and featured musical guests Billy Preston and Janis Ian. Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Chevy Chase, Jane Curtin, Garrett Morris, Laraine Newman, Michael O’Donoghue and Gilda Radner were all featured on the episode. George Coe, who did not appear as a cast member afterwards, also appeared on the show’s first episode.

Dick Ebersol developed the show and hired Michaels as showrunner. Michaels still produces, and “SNL” is set to air its 50th season starting in the fall.

Alongside LaBelle, the film’s ensemble cast includes Dylan O’Brien (Aykroyd), Cory Michael Smith (Chase), Rachel Sennott (Rosie Shuster), Lamorne Morris (Morris), Nicholas Braun (Jim Henson), Finn Wolfhard (an NBC page), Jon Batiste (Preston), Ella Hunt (Radnor), Cooper Hoffman (Ebersol), Andrew Barth Feldman (Neil Levy), Naomi McPherson (Ian), Willem Dafoe (David Tebet), J.K. Simmons (Milton Berle) and Kaia Gerber (Jacqueline Carlin), among others.

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