Before Saturday Night Live season premiere , the late-night comedy show lost eight cast members in the biggest casting shakeup in a generation .
At the end of the season 23 May, Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant, Kyle Mooney and Pete Davidson signed the sketch series for the last time. After they left, Alex Moffat, Melissa Villaseñor and Aristotle Athari left in the summer and finally, Chris Redd in September.
The first few weeks of the season 48 premiered in October, SNL Strengthens Its Ensemble With Four New Cast Members, Who Will Be Featured The program players are 48- Season: Marcello Hernandez, Molly Kearney, Michael Longfellow and Devon Walker .
According to the brilliant Bowen Yang, there are new actors in the Being around has been “so seamless.”
“They’re such a burst of fresh energy, and also kind of familiar in terms of how quickly they’ve become a part of it,” Young TellThe Hollywood Reporter. “I looked around and I saw Marcello, I saw Michael, I saw Devon, I saw Molly, and I thought, ‘Oh, these are my new friends.’ I feel like they’ve been here all along,” he added That said, each of them also had their moments in the first few shows of the season.
Kenan Thompson echoed the sentiment, explaining By the second half of the season, the four of them already had a lot of experience. “A lot, I’m glad they got into the storm with each other,” he told THR. “They sailed very well together.”
Mikey Day, has been in since ) SNL , thinks the new cast is “really cool,” but admits it’s an adjustment, sharing that it’s different but also exciting.
“I really miss my friends and see them every week, but all our new cast members are super cool,” Day told THR. “[It] felt like you bonded pretty quickly on that show. In the summer, you’d be like, ‘We’re going to have a new kid. Will it be the same? But a few Days later, you’re like, ‘Oh, well, it’s this show again.’ So you know, it’s fun. Every season, you just keep going. You just throw yourself into it, and everything starts to feel like a show.’ “
As for the new members, joining SNL was an emotional experience and they’ve learned a lot from it. Walker noted that about once a week, he would “foggy” about the fact that he was on the show. He also gets a helpful piece of advice that there’s always another episode, so it’s not worth taking anything to heart.
“The words I have always believed in are patience and work,” Hernandez told THR. “And I love that Kenan and Colin [Jost] are there, they’re veterans who talk to you and give you good advice. So yeah, I appreciate that.”
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