A Member of the ‘Saturday Night’ Cast Is Actually Hosting ‘SNL'

I had a blast watching Saturday Night, a movie about the first episode of Saturday Night Live. That said, I haven’t thought about it much since then. It was a good time, I enjoyed the quick pacing and manic energy, and I thought the cast handled most of the big, well-known personalities very well. Their performances felt more like interpretations than impressions, and it gave the whole thing a very grounded feel. Hell, it even made Chevy Chase seem… human!

Still, my opinion doesn’t really matter. I’m a big SNL fan, so I was going to be on the hook for it regardless (though I know many who weren’t). The person whose opinion I was most interested in was Lorne Michaels, and he’s the one person whose thoughts on the movie we’ll likely never learn. While director Jason Reitman claimed at the time of the film’s release that Lorne helped him throughout filming, he admitted that the producer had not seen the movie.

If I had to guess, Michaels still hasn’t seen it. There’s a scene with Lorne, Gilda Radner, and John Belushi that I genuinely think may have been too emotional for him to handle (but maybe that’s just me). There’s also a chance he wouldn’t want to see his life’s work through someone else’s eyes. The closest hint we may get as to whether or not he’s seen it may be hidden in the recent announcement of SNL hosts.

Joining the likes of Alexander Skarsgård and Teyana Taylor will be Stranger Things and Saturday Night star, Finn Wolfhard. Rumors swirled around who the young actor would play in the movie set at 30 Rock, and, it turns out, he was just an NBC Page. I remember very little about his character, aside from his having to hand out fliers in an attempt to snare audience members. Regardless, making him play a Page is a pretty funny idea in and of itself.

The question now is: do they reference it? Could Wolfhard end up doing his monologue in an NBC Page jacket? Will they reference his time in a Toronto-based 30 Rock? Does it matter if they don’t? I enjoyed the movie and still moved on pretty quickly, so I guess it doesn’t. It all may depend on whether or not Lorne saw and/or enjoyed the film. If Wolfhard steps out with a Peacock on his label, it may be our closest answer yet.