Interview with Saturday Night cast Lamorne Morris, Cory Michael Smith & Ella Hunt

Saturday 11th October 1975. NBC Studios is trying something a bit different tonight. The Saturday Night comedy and music show is about to go live for the very first time at 11:30pm. With just 90 minutes to go, creator and producer Lorne Michaels (Gabriel LaBelle) is in the midst of trying to orchestrate backstage chaos into something resembling quality television for a late-night audience. George Carlin (Matthew Rhys) is proving difficult to engage with. John Belushi (Matt Wood) is erratic, objecting to his bee costume and won’t sign his contract. The crew are in open revolt and are fighting each other. NBC Head of Talent Tebet (Willem Dafoe) is watching from the wings, ready to shut them down and do a re-run of the Johnny Carson show instead.

The show must go on though… This new film written and directed by Jason Reitman, shows the behind-the-scenes chaos , we caught up with cast members Lamorne Morris, Cory Michael Smith & Ella Hunt to find out more….

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Interview by Cara O’Doherty

SATURDAY NIGHT is at cinemas from January 31st