Jason Reitman’s Saturday Night depicts the chaotic minutes leading up to the first-ever broadcast of what would soon become known as Saturday Night Live as creator Lorne Michaels (Gabriel LaBelle) scrambles to get everything to fall into place. Among the many personalities in his orbit is writer and performer Michael O’Donoghue (Tommy Dewey), who is not at all happy to be facing censorship of his planned material by Joan Carbunkle (Catherine Curtin).
Awards Buzz spoke with Dewey about how he was able to piece together information about O’Donoghue and bring him to life. Watch the video above to hear his reflections on memorable past projects, including Perry Mason and Casual.
Saturday Night is currently available on VOD and coming soon to Netflix.
