‘Saturday Night Live’ is adding three new cast members for its new season. NBC said Tuesday that the trio will join the show when it returns Saturday for its 43rd season. The newcomers are Heidi Gardner of Kansas City, Missouri, Luke Null of Cincinnati and Chris Redd of St. Louis.
‘Saturday Night Live’ 43rd season comes packed not only with new cast members but also great musical guests and hosts. The new season kicks on September 30.
Welcoming new cast
The 43rd season of ‘Saturday Night Live‘ will premiere on September 30th. So in preparation for the beginning of this hilarious season, SNL has announced its newest cast members.
Heidi Gardner, Luke Null, and Chris Redd will make their debut on the season premiere this Saturday.
The three of them are taking over for Bobby Moynihan, Vanessa Bayer, and Sasheer Zamata, who left the show at the end of last season. As for the rest of the cast, they will be returning.
Gardner is the voice of Cooch in Crackle’s ‘SuperMansion’ and is in the 2018 Melissa McCarthy movie ‘Life of the Party.’
Luke Null is a Chicago-based musical comedian and performs at iO Chicago, an improvisation theater, and training center.
Redd is a comedian and rapper whose credits include the 2016 film ‘Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping’ and the Netflix comedy series ‘Disjointed.’
Bringing back the goods
‘Saturday Night Live‘ says it’s kicking off Season 43 on Sept. 30 with musical guest Jay-Z and guest host Ryan Gosling.
For Gosling’s encore host appearance, he’ll be on hand to promote his new film, ‘Blade Runner 2049’ and Jay-Z will be plugging his world tour, in support of ‘4:44’, which begins on Oct. 27.
The rapper has been a musical guest on SNL numerous times over the years. His recent appearances include his solo performance in 2010. Where he performed an eight-minute-long medley that included ‘Public Service Announcement’, ‘On to the Next One’, ’99 Problems’ and ‘Empire State of Mind’.
On Oct. 7, ‘Wonder Woman‘ star Gal Gadot will be the guest host, with musical guest Sam Smith. His performance follows the release of his new single, ‘Too Good At Goodbyes’.
Kumail Nanjiani will host the season’s third show on Oct. 14. He stars in the HBO comedy ‘Silicon Valley’ and recently wrote and starred in the acclaimed film ‘The Big Sick’. Pink will be the musical guest.
Pink’s next album ‘Beautiful Trauma’ comes out Oct. 13, the day before her SNL performance. She released her new album’s first single, ‘What About Us’, in August.
Source: KSDK