“Behind the Curtain: Jason Reitman’s Masterful Dance Between Reality and Imagination in ‘Saturday Night'”
Finding Inspiration for Saturday Night
In 2008, hot off the success of directing Diablo Cody’s Juno, which earned him a Best Director Oscar nomination, Reitman got the chance to do a guest writing stint on Saturday Night Live.
The Wrap reports that Reitman stayed up until four in the morning on a Tuesday night with SNL writer Simon Rich. The next day, after a table read and deliberation by Lorne Michaels, one of his sketches, “Death by Chocolate,” had been picked to air. That experience stayed with Reitman.
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