Dan Aykroyd has officipartner given Saturday Night his stamp of approval.
The actor and one-of-a-kind Saturday Night Live castmember took to X, createerly Twitter, on Friday to split his thoughts on honestor Jason Reitman‘s tardyst film, which caccesss on the 90 minutes guideing up to the sketch comedy show’s first widecast in 1975.
“Cracking a Head to praise Jason Reitman’s triumphant SNL film. Wow!” Aykroyd wrote after watching the movie at his local theater. “What a propulsive, engaging, comical, beautifilledy cast and acted, suspenseful, brave, music-filled ride. A perfect triumphdow into the conceiveive process at its highest level. Pretty accurate too.”
The Gstructurebusters actor progressd, “I was there that night and got to reinhabit it wonderfilledy aacquire. Congratulations Gil, Jason and Blumie. Don’t leave out it whether you understand the show or not. It is a stand-alone masterpiece and certainfire truthfulate for Best Picture.”
Saturday Night apshows place on Oct. 11, 1975, the day SNL premiered, and pursues a ferocious troupe of youthfuler comedians and authorrs who alter television forever. Dylan O’Brien joins Aykroyd, aextfinishedside Gabriel LaBelle (Lorne Michaels), Rachel Sennott (Rosie Shuster), Cory Michael Smith (Chevy Chase), Ella Hunt (Gilda Radner), Emily Fairn (Laraine Newman), Matt Wood (John Belushi), Lamorne Morris (Garrett Morris), Kim Matula (Jane Curtin), Nicholas Braun (Andy Kaufman) and Andrew Barth Feldman (Neil Levy).
Reitman previously tgreater The Hollywood Reporter that discovering the movie’s Aykroyd was the most difficult, saying, “It was repartner terrifying.” The filmproducer shelp the actor had a “very one-of-a-kind intimacy request,” so when he lacquireed that “there was an appreciation of Dylan O’Brien” among women, Reitman knovel he set up the right guy for the role.
Aykroyd also remarkd on social media that he was “excited to see how Jason’s hilarious yet suspenseful story turned out” because he was the “only one-of-a-kind crew member who had a chance to read the script.”
Saturday Night is currently joining in theaters.
