Willem Dafoe has a new role booked!
The 68-year-old actor recently featured in Yorgos Lanthimos‘ Poor Things, which won four Oscars.
SNL 1975 will tell the origin story of the popular late night show. Directed by Jason Reitman, the film will star Dylan O’Brien, Finn Wolfhard, Rachel Sennott, J.K. Simmons, Nicholas Braun, Kaia Gerber, Ella Hunt, and more.
On Friday (March 29), it was confirmed that Willem will also be part of the cast!
Keep reading to find out more…
Deadline reported that he will portray David Tebet in SNL 1975.
David was the VP of NBC’s Talent Relations at the time of SNL‘s debut.
If you weren’t aware, Willem Dafoe is also set to star in Yorgos Lanthimos‘ next film! Watch the trailer for Kinds of Kindness here.
Additionally, find out what the actor had to say about his upcoming appearance in Beetlejuice 2!
The 68-year-old actor recently featured in Yorgos Lanthimos‘ Poor Things, which won four Oscars.
SNL 1975 will tell the origin story of the popular late night show. Directed by Jason Reitman, the film will star Dylan O’Brien, Finn Wolfhard, Rachel Sennott, J.K. Simmons, Nicholas Braun, Kaia Gerber, Ella Hunt, and more.
On Friday (March 29), it was confirmed that Willem will also be part of the cast!
Keep reading to find out more…
Deadline reported that he will portray David Tebet in SNL 1975.
David was the VP of NBC’s Talent Relations at the time of SNL‘s debut.
If you weren’t aware, Willem Dafoe is also set to star in Yorgos Lanthimos‘ next film! Watch the trailer for Kinds of Kindness here.
Additionally, find out what the actor had to say about his upcoming appearance in Beetlejuice 2!
- 3/29/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
The SNL 1975 casting news continues to pour in. Willem Dafoe is the latest addition to the feature film that’s set behind the scenes of Saturday Night Live’s series premiere.
Deadline reports that Dafoe will play David Tebet, the network executive and press agent who served as NBC’s vp of talent relations from 1959-1979. Tebet was responsible for scouting potential talent and bringing them over to the network — including lobbying for Johnny Carson to take over The Tonight Show when Jack Paar announced his retirement.
Dafoe has a connection to the real-life SNL. Like fellow SNL 1975 cast member J.K. Simmons, Dafoe has hosted the program before. He led a Season 47 episode in January 2022, with musical guest Katy Perry.
SNL 1975 will take place in real-time during the 90 minutes leading up to the premiere episode of Saturday Night Live. The Sony Pictures film is directed by Jason Reitman,...
Deadline reports that Dafoe will play David Tebet, the network executive and press agent who served as NBC’s vp of talent relations from 1959-1979. Tebet was responsible for scouting potential talent and bringing them over to the network — including lobbying for Johnny Carson to take over The Tonight Show when Jack Paar announced his retirement.
Dafoe has a connection to the real-life SNL. Like fellow SNL 1975 cast member J.K. Simmons, Dafoe has hosted the program before. He led a Season 47 episode in January 2022, with musical guest Katy Perry.
SNL 1975 will take place in real-time during the 90 minutes leading up to the premiere episode of Saturday Night Live. The Sony Pictures film is directed by Jason Reitman,...
- 3/29/2024
- by Nick Riccardo
- LateNighter
Exclusive: Oscar-nominated actor Willem Dafoe is set to join the ensemble cast of of Sony Pictures’ SNL 1975 (working title), which will be directed by Jason Reitman and based on the real-life behind-the-scenes accounts of the opening episode of Saturday Night Live. Reitman and Gil Kenan penned the script.
Dafoe will play David Tebet, who was VP Talent Relations at NBC when SNL launched.
On October 11, 1975, a ferocious troupe of young comedians and writers changed television forever. SNL 1975 is the true story of what happened behind the scenes that night in the moments leading up to the first broadcast of NBC’s Saturday Night Live. It depicts the chaos and magic of a revolution that almost wasn’t, counting down the minutes in real time to the infamous words, “Live from New York, it’s Saturday Night!”
The screenplay is based on an extensive series of interviews conducted by...
Dafoe will play David Tebet, who was VP Talent Relations at NBC when SNL launched.
On October 11, 1975, a ferocious troupe of young comedians and writers changed television forever. SNL 1975 is the true story of what happened behind the scenes that night in the moments leading up to the first broadcast of NBC’s Saturday Night Live. It depicts the chaos and magic of a revolution that almost wasn’t, counting down the minutes in real time to the infamous words, “Live from New York, it’s Saturday Night!”
The screenplay is based on an extensive series of interviews conducted by...
- 3/29/2024
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
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