Once Kamala Harris announced that Tim Walz would be her vice presidential candidate, speculation immediately began about who would play the Minnesota governor on Saturday Night Live when it returns to the 2024 TV schedule for its 50th season . Fans pointed to comedians like Steve Martin , Jim Gaffigan, Jim O’Heir and more as possible actors to play Harris’ running mate . Now, the Only Murders in the Building star and Parks and Rec alum have responded to the fan-casting in the most on-brand ways.
How Steve Martin Responded To The SNL Dream Casting Honestly, Steve Martin feels like a natural pick for this part. In the past, Saturday Night Live has had cast members, alums and long-time friends of the show come on to play politicians – famously, Alec Baldwin impersonated Donald Trump for a long time and Melissa McCarthy reprised her role as Sean Spicer multiple times. Considering Martin is not only in the five-timers club but has hosted 17 times across the series’ run, he has the experience to take on the gig.
Fans were loud and proud about the possibility of Martin joining Maya Rudolph (who will be back to play Kamala Harris ) on SNL this season, and of course, he had an on-brand response to it all, posting on Threads : I just learned that Tim Walz wants to go on the road with Marty Short. It feels so on-par of Steve Martin to joke about switching roles with Walz, and it’s even more on-brand because he brought his long-time pal and comedic partner Martin Short into the.