February 9, 2025 2:41 am

How Dylan O'Brien Became Dan Aykroyd for Saturday Night
How Dylan O'Brien Became Dan Aykroyd for Saturday Night

How Dylan O’Brien Became Dan Aykroyd for Saturday Night

We spoke to Dylan O’Brien leading up to the release of Caddo Lake, his new M. Night Shyamalan-produced thriller now streaming on Max. It’s a twisty, dense affair with juicy plot beats we won’t spoil here, but O’Brien reliably nails the lead role of Paris, a down-and-out lake worker who gets entangled in mysterious terrain once a young girl goes missing in the wet woodland community. Its release on Max practically coincides with another O’Brien movie, Saturday Night, the star-studded dramatization of the 90 minutes leading up to the first episode of SNL 50 years ago. There he plays the one and only Dan Aykroyd, and O’Brien opened up to us about how he went about nailing the iconic performer on the big screen.

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​O’Brien spoke about playing Aykroyd in the SNL movie and discussed Caddo Lake, his twisty new thriller produced by M. Night Shyamalan. Read More