{"id":2200023,"date":"2024-03-15T17:47:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T21:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-murray-names-which-comedian-hed-want-to-play-him-in-upcoming-snl-movie\/"},"modified":"2024-03-15T17:52:24","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T21:52:24","slug":"bill-murray-names-which-comedian-hed-want-to-play-him-in-upcoming-snl-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-murray-names-which-comedian-hed-want-to-play-him-in-upcoming-snl-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Murray Reveals His Pick for Playing Him in SNL Film"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbill-murray-names-which-comedian-hed-want-to-play-him-in-upcoming-snl-movie%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2200023&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Bill\u2062 Murray Drops Major Hints on\u2063 SNL Movie Casting<\/h2>\n<p>Fans of &#8220;Saturday Night Live&#8221; and Bill Murray are in for a treat! The legendary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/bill-murray-definitely-jazzed-ghostbusters-3-paul-bois\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bill Murray<\/a> has shared his personal casting wishlist for the anticipated &#8220;Saturday Night Live 1975&#8221; movie, leaving audiences buzzing with excitement.<\/p>\n<h3>The \u200dBig Reveal\u2062 at &#8220;Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire&#8221; Premiere<\/h3>\n<p>Amid the glitz of his newest\u200d release <strong>\u201cGhostbusters: Frozen Empire,\u201d<\/strong> Murray, at \u200c73, spilled the\u2062 beans on his discussions with director Jason Reitman. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sound-of-freedom-film-looks-to-fill-2-million-theater-seats-for-the-worlds-2-million-trafficked-children\/\" title=\"Sound of Freedom film aims to fill 2M theater seats for 2M trafficked children worldwide.\">film aims<\/a> to\u2062 capture the essence of &#8220;SNL&#8217;s&#8221; pioneering year, placing a spotlight on the \u2062original comedic icons.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/media\/videos\/bill-murray-names-a-very-unexpected-choice-to-play-him-in-snl-movie-exclusive-221707\"><strong>Entertainment Tonight<\/strong><\/a>  shared Murray&#8217;s thoughts on the collaboration with Reitman: \u201cHe&#8217;s been\u200b mining \u200cmy &#8216;SNL&#8217; memories since his youth, so he&#8217;s quite the aficionado and \u200bfilmmaker,\u201d Murray revealed\u2064 about \u2064the director&#8217;s passion for the subject.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Bill\u2064 Murray on who could play\u200c a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/warner-bros-weighing-fate-of-the-flash-as-its-ezra-miller-problems-worsen\/\" title=\"Warner Bros. Weighing Fate Of \"The Flash\" As Its Ezra Miller Problems Worsen\">young version<\/a> of him:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKenan Thompson, he could play me or Bill Hader, those two.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>(Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3w2CKEms43\">https:\/\/t.co\/3w2CKEms43<\/a>)\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ASwcygO1eE\">pic.twitter.com\/ASwcygO1eE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DiscussingFilm\/status\/1768636473836777499?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 15, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Murray beamed \u200dwith pride\u2064 when discussing \u2062the movie&#8217;s focus:\u200b \u201cIt honors the original seven [SNL cast members]. I&#8217;m delighted that I&#8217;ll be a\u2064 part of it even though I joined SNL in &#8217;77.&#8221; He added with\u200b a smile, &#8220;At\u200b least I get a mention, which is great.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Murray&#8217;s Dream SNL \u200dCasting Choices<\/h3>\n<p>The Ghostbuster himself also weighed in on potential portrayals of his \u2062younger self: &#8220;I&#8217;m fond of Kenan Thompson; he&#8217;d capture my essence. Bill Hader, too. \u200cEven Kristen Wiig or Amy Poehler\u2014any of them would be fabulous choices.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The buzz around Murray&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tucker-carlson-scores-seven-figure-ad-deal-for-his-twitter-show-report\/\" title=\"Tucker Carlson lands big ad deal for Twitter show: Report\">latest\u200d venture<\/a> is palpable. &#8220;Ghostbusters: Frozen \u2064Empire&#8221; is the\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/from-the-archives-1939-both-sides-must-deescalate-the-german-polish-conflict\/\" title=\"FROM THE ARCHIVES (1939): Both Sides Must Deescalate the German-Polish Conflict\">latest chapter<\/a> in the iconic series, reuniting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/friends-cast-remembers-co-star-matthew-perry\/\" title=\"Friends cast recalls memories of Matthew Perry.\">beloved cast<\/a> of the original 1984 movie. Returning to the fold are Dan Aykroyd, Rick Moranis, and in a heartwarming use of CGI, the late Harold Ramis.<\/p>\n<p>Directed by the late Ivan \u200bReitman, Jason Reitman&#8217;s father, and the mastermind behind the original \u200c&#8221;Ghostbusters,&#8221; Jason\u200c has successfully revived the franchise with &#8220;Ghostbusters: \u200dAfterlife.&#8221; The upcoming film promises to pick\u200c up where its predecessor left off.<\/p>\n<p>With a\u200c tantalizing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt21235248\/\"><strong>sneak peek<\/strong><\/a>  hinting at a new threat triggering an icy apocalypse, &#8220;Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire&#8221; is set to unite a legendary\u2064 cast, new and old, to save\u2062 the world. Fans can mark their calendars\u2014this epic\u200c adventure \u200bdebuts in theatres <strong>March 22nd<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/ghostbusters-director-ivan-reitman-dead-at-75\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018Ghostbusters\u2019 Director Ivan \u2063Reitman Dead At 75<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bill Murray unveils his choices for his portrayal in the &#8220;Saturday Night Live 1975&#8221; film at the &#8220;Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire&#8221; premiere, discussing with director Jason Reitman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":219,"featured_media":2200024,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1388067977.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2200023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1388067977.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2200023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2200023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2200023\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2200024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2200023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2200023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2200023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}