Saturday Night Live has elected to make a serious casting change: Jim Carrey will take over the position of Vice President Joe Biden in Season 46, succeeding Jason Sudeikis. The recasting comes with the presidential election — pitting Biden towards incumbent POTUS Donald Trump — lower than two months away.
“There was some curiosity on his half,” EP Lorne Michaels tells Vulture of Carrey. “And then we responded, clearly, positively. But it got here right down to discussions about what the take was. He and [head writer/cast member] Colin Jost had a bunch of talks. He and I as effectively.”
Michaels additionally confirmed that Alec Baldwin shall be again as Trump, with Maya Rudolph set to as soon as once more play Biden’s working mate Kamala Harris.
Additionally, SNL has added three new featured gamers — improv vets Lauren Holt, Punkie Johnson and Andrew Dismukes — to the forged.
Season 46 will premiere on Saturday, Oct. 3, and it’ll achieve this from its signature Studio 8H stomping floor in addition to with a “restricted in-studio viewers.” SNL will kick off its new season with 5 consecutive reveals.
The premiere will mark SNL‘s first in-studio episode since March 7. Three non-live, at-home, COVID-safe installments closed out Season 45.
As we reported earlier this week, SNL‘s whole ensemble — together with Kate McKinnon — shall be again for Season 46.
Source: tvline.com
