Maya Rudolph is all set to go back to reprise her popular impression of Vice President Kamala Harris on the upcoming new season of Saturday Night Live. Rudolph’s first portrayal of the vice president on the show was during an appearance in 2019 where she went head-to-head with Woody Harrelson’s Joe Biden, referencing their Democratic primary debates. She later revived the impression throughout the 2021 season, and after Biden endorsed Harris to replace him in the 2024 presidential election, she’s now back on screen again to play her.
Deadline reports that Rudolph will be a recurring presence on the 50th season of SNL, which is set to kick off on September 28 and will run through the final weeks of the presidential campaign. SNL is set to celebrate its 50th anniversary with a special three-hour primetime special on NBC, which will go on air live on February 16, 2025. It will be part of a celebratory weekend for the show.
“We’re doing the 50th anniversary show in February of ’25, so I will definitely be there for that, and definitely be there until that, and sometime before that, we’ll figure out what we’re gonna do,” Lorne Michaels, the creator of the show, said. NBC ran a similar tribute for the show’s 40th birthday in 2015, featuring appearances from countless alumni from SNL history, including Eddie Murphy, Steve Martin, Billy Crystal, Will Ferrell, Norm MacDonald, and Tina Fey.
A feature film is being made about the show’s premiere episode on October 11, 1975. Titled SNL 1975, it is set to be directed by Jason Reitman (Juno, Up In The Air, Ghostbusters: Afterlife). The film will be based on real-life accounts based on an extensive series of interviews conducted by Reitman and co-writer Gil Kenan with “all the living cast, writers, and crew.” Gabriel LaBelle from The Fabelmans will portray Michaels, while The Maze Runner’s Dylan O’Brien will play Dan Aykroyd in the film. Succession’s Nicholas Braun takes on the role of Muppets creator Jim Henson, and Stranger Things’ Finn Wolfhard has also been cast as an unnamed NBC intern.
Bill Murray has also recently voiced his opinion on who should play him. “I like Kenan Thompson; he could play me. Or Bill Hader. Those two… or Kristen Wiig… any of those three could play me. Or Amy Poehler,” he quipped. Rudolph, on the other hand, recently opened for Vampire Weekend and marked the occasion by covering the TikTok viral smash ‘One Margarita
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