Will Steve Martin Play Tim Walz on 'SNL'?
by EG
Kamala Harris's announcement of Minnesota governor Tim Walz as her running mate sparked lots of buzz online, including enthusiastic speculation about who might play Walz on upcoming episodes of Saturday Night Live. One of the frontrunners was Only Murders in the Building star Steve Martin, despite the fact that Martin is much older than Walz. Read on for details.
Steve Martin has weighed in on the calls for him to play Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate Tim Walz on Saturday Night Live.
The Only Murders in the Building star, who has made frequent guest appearances on and hosted SNL numerous times, indicated he had seen the chatter, writing on Instagram’s Threads, “I just learned that Tim Walz wants to go on the road with Marty Short.”
Martin and his longtime friend and OMITB co-star and SNL alum Short regularly perform live shows together, with the pair even filming one as a 2018 Netflix special titled An Evening You’ll Forget for the Rest of Your Life.
Indeed, Martin and Short already have a number of live shows, titled The Dukes of Funnytown, scheduled to take place throughout the U.S. this fall.
Martin’s name quickly started trending on X (formerly Twitter) Tuesday after Harris selected Minnesota Gov. Walz as her running mate in her 2024 presidential bid.
SNL has already enlisted alum Maya Rudolph to reprise her role as Harris through the 2024 election. Even Damon Lindelof got in on the action, posting a Photoshopped SNL promo with Martin and Rudolph as Harris.
Still, Martin was not the only person suggested as an option to play Walz on the long-running Saturday variety show.
Others suggested by X users include Danny DeVito, Tom Arnold, Bradley Whitford, Jim Gaffigan, Parks and Recreation alum Jim O’Heir, Bill Murray, Kyle Chandler (perhaps inspired by Walz’s background as a former high school football coach), Drew Carey, frequent SNL guest star and host John Goodman and SNL alum and former Minnesota Senator Al Franken.
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