Dylan O’Brien ‘Did Not Do A Lot Of Prep’ To Play Dan Aykroyd In Saturday Night, But Jason Reitman Explained Why That’s Exactly What He Wanted Him To Do

Dylan O’Brien ‘Did Not Do A Lot Of Prep’ To Play Dan Aykroyd In Saturday Night, But Jason Reitman Explained Why That’s Exactly What He Wanted Him To Do

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Saturday Night Live’s history is long, storied and well-documented, plus many of the comedians who worked on the show – including members of the original 1975 cast – are still working. However, when it came time for Dylan O’Brien to prep his take on Dan Aykroyd for the film about SNL’s origins, he did basically nothing. But, that’s actually exactly what director Jason Reitman wanted the cast of Saturday Night to do.

As the highly anticipated film Saturday Night prepares to drop on the 2024 movie schedule around the same time the 50th season of SNL premieres on NBC, the cast and creatives behind the film are chatting about what it was like embodying comedy icons. However, when O’Brien was asked by Variety about how he prepared to play one of SNL’s legendary cast members, he said:

I did not do a lot of prep…I was the only one who did the homework by not doing the homework.



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