NBC must know something we don’t. They’ve booked Timothee Chalamet for “SNL” on November 11th.
Chalamet is a member of the Screen Actors Guild, which is on strike. As a member of SAG, Chalamet would be prevented from promoting his new Warner Bros. movie, “Wonka,” which opens December 15th.
“SNL” cast members are under a different contract than regular SAG. They are allowed to work on the show. Actors under the main contract cannot promote their projects. (That’s how Christopher Walken made it on tonight– just for fun.) If the strike isn’t over, it’s hard to believe Chalamet could appear as host of “SNL.”
But maybe NBC and Lorne Michaels know something we don’t. They’ve also got Michael Shannon booked for Jimmy Fallon on Monday. I guess he could chew it up with Jimmy on various topics not attached to movie or TV projects. But Chalamet’s hosting would certainly be more problematic.
Hey — it’s good news that NBC and Warner Bros, the “Wonka” studio, think it will all be over by November 11th.
