The SNL biopic Saturday Night tells the story of the 90 minutes leading up to the premiere of one of the best sketch comedy series . Leading its large ensemble cast is Gabriel LaBelle, who plays Saturday Night Live 's creator and producer Lorne Michaels . Now, the actor is opening up about playing the icon, how he was able to score tickets to a taping of the real show, and what it was like meeting the man he played.
What's kind of wild about Saturday Night is it's a movie that's about a show that's still on the air. In fact, Lorne Michaels is still in charge of it. So, I imagine that getting to go to a taping when you are playing people who work or have worked there is wild.
Gabriel LaBelle confirmed that during an interview with Indiewire as he opened up about getting to see an episode of the show filmed while they were working on their film. He said: Our first two days of shooting were in New York, just to shoot outside of 30 Rock, and Lorne was super cool and invited us to watch the Josh Brolin episode live. And so a handful of us, those who live in New York and then those who were just in New York to shoot regardless, we were able to go and check it out.
It was really great. I’m sure it was really great to watch the Emmy Award-winning series live from New York. While they re-created Studio 8H and the events of the first taping for the film, I imagine witnessing the real show in action is a totally different experience.
Not only did Gabriel LaBelle get to see SNL host Jo.