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John Papsidera on Casting the Famous for Saturday Night

MovieMaker Magazine
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Story by Joshua Encinias
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Casting director John Papsidera reveals the inside scoop on how he brought an iconic era of comedy to life in the biopic 'Saturday Night'.
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  • Papsidera had to look past impersonations and capture the essence of the 'SNL' actors, like finding Gabriel LaBelle's Lorne Michaels in a brief moment of Michaels' signature intonation.
  • Papsidera's acting background informs his casting process, and his long-running partnerships with directors like Christopher Nolan and Jason Reitman are built on trust and a shared creative vision.
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John Papsidera, Jason Reitman, Nicholas Podany, Dylan O'Brien, Gabriel LaBelle, Lorne Michaels, Mike Myers, Timothée Chalamet, Christopher Nolan, Gilda Radner, Jane Curtain, Dick Ebersol, Rosie Shuster, Garrett Morris, Alan Zweibel, Michael Caine, Jim Henson, Andy Kaufman, Benny Safdie, Chevy Chase, Kaia Gerber, Cory Michael Smith, Saturday Night Live, Austin Powers, The Dark Knight, Zombieland, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Venom, Oppenheimer, Live From Baghdad, Lackawanna Blues, Yellowstone, 1883, The Flight Attendant, Westworld, Carnivale, Saturday Night, Men, Women & Children, Interstellar, Memento
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