r/LiveFromNewYork • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • Jul 31 '24

Maya Rudolph To Play Kamala Harris On ‘Saturday Night Live’ Through 2024 Presidential Election Cast News

https://deadline.com/2024/07/maya-rudolph-kamala-harris-saturday-night-live-return-1236027322/
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u/wendyschickennugget Jul 31 '24

Damn, so Lorne pushed back production on an entire TV series (Loot) just so he could have Maya for election season.

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u/Woolf01 Jul 31 '24

That honestly seems like a no brainer decision. Maya plays Kamala Harris, and every week there’s a new clip of her circling the internet for most of the week from the last SNL. Think of how often we saw Baldwin and his Trump impression.

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u/Foxy02016YT Aug 01 '24

Oh my god Baldwin and Rudolph debate sketch…

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u/LongmontStrangla Aug 01 '24

James Austin Johnson is much better.

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u/Foxy02016YT Aug 01 '24

Yes but imagine how much more expensive this version would be

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u/JFZX Aug 01 '24

Baldwin back on TV is a longshot.

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u/Foxy02016YT Aug 01 '24

Still wondering if he’ll appear in BeetleTwoce, like it wasn’t announced but I imagine we’ll at least hear about what happened to them

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u/zorandzam Jul 31 '24

I'm pretty sure Loot is produced by Lorne's Broadway Video company, too, so he and Maya both had a say here.

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u/1Mudkip88 Jul 31 '24

Love this for Maya

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u/DK_Sizzle Aug 01 '24

Yeah, after they told the whole crew the show was back on and a bunch of people turned down other work to go back to Loot.

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u/Greene_Mr Jul 31 '24

I hope she's getting compensated in proportion to what she'd make filming that show!

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u/ruggedlife_80 Jul 31 '24

The crew on Loot sure isn’t. They all just got fired.

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u/Greene_Mr Jul 31 '24

Yes, I saw you post that. Why didn't Lorne just pay their salaries during the delay?

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u/ruggedlife_80 Jul 31 '24

We’re Below The Line crew. We don’t matter in the grand scheme of business. We’re easily replaceable.

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u/Greene_Mr Jul 31 '24

:-( I'm sorry. You'd think 50, 60 years in the business, a producer would care enough about the people who make up his crew to make sure they're all right and salaried when he decides to up and change course?

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u/ruggedlife_80 Jul 31 '24

It’s an awful business unless you’re at the top. It’s the last straw and I’m working on leaving.

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u/Greene_Mr Jul 31 '24

Well, if there's something you think I can help you with, right now, please let me know. :-( I don't have much, but I'm happy to try anything. You and the whole rest of the crew.

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u/ruggedlife_80 Jul 31 '24

Feel free to share what they’ve done online. Best way to help is to get people talking about it.

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u/Greene_Mr Jul 31 '24

I'll do that. <3 My best, to you all.

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u/wendyschickennugget Aug 01 '24

Damn I’m sorry to hear that. That was honestly my first thought when I saw that detail in the story which everyone seems to be glossing over.

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u/TetZoo Aug 01 '24

Sorry to hear

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u/_bexcalibur Jul 31 '24

Damn right