Jim Carrey will play Joe Biden on 'SNL'

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Jim Carrey will play Joe Biden on 'SNL'
By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business
Updated 4:51 PM ET, Wed September 16, 2020


New York (CNN Business)"Saturday Night Live" has found its Joe Biden.

Jim Carrey will play the Democratic nominee and former vice president on this season of "SNL," NBC announced Wednesday.

The variety series will return just in time to mock the 2020 presidential election when it debuts on October 3. The series will premiere with five consecutive episodes leading up to the election on November 3.

Carrey is a surprising choice to play Biden considering that he's not a part of the cast and that former cast member Jason Sudeikis is known for playing Biden.

However, "SNL" has been bringing outside talent to play characters more and more over the last four years. This includes Robert de Niro as Robert Mueller, Brad Pitt as Dr. Anthony Fauci and, of course, Alec Baldwin as President Donald Trump.

"SNL" usually nabs more attention during election years, and incorporating Carrey into the mix with Baldwin's Trump should provide buzzy moments as the show takes on the debates and other news surrounding the election.

The other big piece of news for "SNL" on Wednesday is that the show is set to be back in front of a live audience again.

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[marlakay]

1. I bet he asked to be on show

Jim is very political.

[Budi]

2. Oh dear! 😅 Jim Carrey & Alec Baldwin

Ratings will be record breaking.

Yaaaah! 👍💙

[monmouth4]

3. That's a disappointment for me, can't stand him, oh well. n/t

[USALiberal]

5. I'll alert the media! nt

[monmouth4]

7. Your snark is hardly necessary. Grow up..n/t

[Sympthsical]

4. Eh, hard pass. Was Sudeikis not available?

I hate that they bring in ringers. It stifles the rest of the cast from being developed.

If they're going to bring outsiders in, just go with recent cast members. I'm dying for more Maya Rudolph. Sudeikis' Biden is hilarious.

I just can't see Carey doing well with this. I didn't like Baldwin's Trump. Just one note. A kind of OK accent with endless pouty lips. DeNiro was a disaster. Pitt's choice as Fauci was just strange.

By far, the best use of a ringer in the past few years was Matt Damon as Kavenaugh. I still watch that thing once in awhile. It's perfection all the way through.

[Tribetime]

6. I thought Woody Harrelson was good at Biden

[2naSalit]

8. +1

[Tarc]

9. I really don't like this trend, it's a slap to the current cast

They have in-house talent. Develop it. Kate McKinnon was a brilliant Hillary, and Liz.