Bill Hader breaks down how ‘SNL’ stage fright inspired his new HBO show about a hitman, and tells a funny Tom Cruise story

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  • Bill Hader used the anxieties he had on “Saturday Night Live” to create the character for his HBO series, “Barry,” about a hitman who wants to be an actor — though he’s awful at acting.
  • Hader said the biggest challenge was making a hitman show that didn’t imitate classics in the genre like “Get Shorty” or “Grosse Pointe Blank.”
  • He also opened up about helping to voice the “Star Wars” character BB-8 (and if he’s getting any residuals from the work) and working alongside Tom Cruise in “Tropic Thunder.”

Since walking away as a “Saturday Night Live” cast member in 2013, Bill Hader has bounced around doing a bunch of things: showing off his dramatic chops in the indie “The Skeleton Twins,” playing the leading man in “Trainwreck,” doing a lot of voiceover work (“Inside Out,” “Sausage Party,” “The Angry Birds Movie,” “The BFG”), and contributing to the voice of BB-8 for “The Force Awakens.”

Now he’s returning to television for the HBO series, “Barry” (series premieres March 25), which he said was inspired by the years of anxiety he battled with while on “SNL.”

See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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