Paul Walter Hauser will soon play Chris Farley in Josh Gad’s biopic of the legendary “Saturday Night Live” actor, and “The Naked Gun” star asked who he wanted to play Lorne Michaels.
By speaking with Variety Wednesday night at the Los Angeles premiere of “Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere,” Hauser said he wanted Sam Rockwell to play the mastermind of “SNL.”
“I have some ideas on who to cast for Lorne,” Hauser said. “I really want Sam Rockwell to play Lorne Michaels, which I don’t think I’ve told anyone yet.”
Hauser then addressed his pitch directly to Rockwell.
“Sam Rockwell, please play Lorne Michaels in my Chris Farley movie,” he added. “Anyway, you like being with me when I do my Farley impression, so I’m going to do Matt Foley all day for you and make you laugh. It’ll be fun.”
If Hauser gets his wish, it would mark the second collaboration between himself and Rockwell following Clint Eastwood’s 2019 drama, “Richard Jewell.”
Earlier in the interview, Hauser said he recently received the “final draft” of the script from “500 Days of Summer” screenwriters Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, which he called his “best” yet. He added that filming could begin as early as “early to mid next year” and that production is just waiting for the “elusive green light” from New Line and Warner Bros.
The Farley biopic was first revealed in April 2024. Although plot details remain under wraps, the film is based on the New York Times bestselling biography “The Chris Farley Show: A Biography in Three Acts” by Tom Farley Jr. (Farley’s brother) and Tanner Colby.
