Lamorne Morris Teases ‘SNL 1975’ And ‘Spider-Noir,’ Talks First Emmy Nomination For ‘Fargo’
deadline.comAfter scoring his first Emmy nomination for his work in the fifth season of FX‘s crime anthology Fargo, Lamorne Morris hopped on the phone with Deadline to tease Sony’s SNL 1975 and Prime Video’s Spider-Noir, also discussing his hopes for the future of his career.
Of SNL 1975, Morris said, “Jason Reitman directed the hell out of this thing. It’s a great look at day one at SNL, the ups and downs, how the show almost didn’t happen, the characters.
Lorne Michaels, played by Gabe LaBelle, trying to manage all these personalities, all while getting this show on the air. Obviously, now, we know 50 years later what this show has become, but to see the origin of it and the actors on this movie will blow your mind.” Part of the draw to the project, for Morris, was the chance to portray SNL‘s first Black cast member Garrett Morris, who he got to meet over the course of production. “He is still, till this day, one of the funniest people walking on Earth.
He is so good. Just talking to him, the guy made a joke,” the actor recalls. “He just randomly hit me up and said — because we have the same last name — he just randomly hit me up once and said, ‘Hey man, I’m not entirely convinced that I am not your daddy.
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