Bill Murray names four unexpected actors who could play him in the ‘SNL’ movie
nme.comBill Murray has picked not one, not two, but four surprising actors he’d like to see play him in the upcoming Saturday Night Live movie, SNL 1975.Ghostbusters: Afterlife‘s Jason Reitman is set to direct the film, which will tell the behind-the-scenes story of the show’s premiere episode on October 11, 1975.The star-studded cast will see Maze Runner‘s Dylan O’Brien play Dan Aykroyd, while Succession‘s Nicholas Braun will portray Muppets mastermind Jim Henson.
Stranger Things star Finn Wolfhard has also been cast as an unnamed NBC intern.Speaking to Entertainment Tonight at the Ghostbusers: Frozen Empire premiere, Murray was asked if he’d spoken to Reitman about the upcoming SNL film.“He’s been picking my brain about the SNL days since he was a grasshopper, so he knows a lot of what I know,” said Murray. “He’s an astute student and director.
I’m blessed that this movie will really be about the original seven [SNL cast members]. I get to be on the sidelines. I think my name gets mentioned, which is good.”Murray was then asked who he’d like to portray him in the film, to which he replied: “I like Kenan Thompson; he could play me.
Or Bill Hader. Those two… or Kristen Wiig… any of those three could play me. Or Amy Poehler.SNL 1975 will be the second film Reitman has directed for Sony Pictures following Ghostbusers: Afterlife.
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