As Saturday Night Live Shake things with his casting in season 51, Bowen Yang will miss a particular co-star.
The nominated 5x Emmy Emmy recently paid tribute to Heidi Gardner as “a real anchor in this program” after the announcement of his departure last month, after eight seasons of the NBC sketch series.
“You are one of the grown-ups. You will go down in history,” he said on his Culturists Podcast, explaining that she was a sketch of trust in the show.
“It is always a very, very vulnerable thing as a member of the distribution to put your name on it only,” added Yang. “But every time you saw” Gardner “, you knew you were in good hands. She would take her to write pieces for other casting. ”
Recalling a sketch of “update of the weekend” that she wrote for former Punkie Johnson actor, Yang said that “was one of the most beautiful and nicest gestures that I ever saw during this show, and his heart was so big, and clearly so funny.”
Heidi Gardner and Bowen Yang on “SNL”
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Yang also credited Gardner to have passed the casting through the cocovid-19 pandemic, suggesting that they “only textured every day, something that made us smile today”, calling him “just a really beautiful person”.
The comments come after the outings of the actors Devon Walker, Emil Wakim and Michael Longfellow have been announced, as well as the Rosebud Baker and Celeste Yim writers.
“Shout Devon, Emil, Michael Longfellow,” added Yang. “They were fantastic comedians who entered. These are fantastic comedians who come out. These are a +jewels. “
After Yang was confirmed to return to the show for his seventh season, “I am delighted to go back. People who will not come back very, very, a lot.
The Special 50 season final SNL50 Broadcast in May without any farewell to the distribution, but Lorne Michaels confirmed last month that he planned to “make things happen” with the cast before season 51.
