"I've never known fear like when I was stepping out on to the studio floor for that first ever one, knowing that we were going to be live in five minutes," says comedian George Fouracres, one of the 11-strong cast of Saturday Night Live UK. The comic has described being part of the transatlantic version of the long-running US hit as both "a dream job" and a "terrifying" step into the unknown. Fouracres, from Willenhall, performs alongside Wolverhampton's Celeste Dring, who said: "In a way you're so vulnerable, because you're going out live [and] some of the sketches are being rewritten right until the second you go live." "In a way we had this big institution behind us; SNL US is massive and has been for a long time," she added. "In another sense, it's like a bit of an experiment, all these relatively unknown names going into this new venture. So I think we just feel really lucky and glad that people have got behind us." Largely welcomed by critics, each show, which airs on Sky, is performed in front of a studio audience and features a celebrity guest host and live music. With material being rewritten up until the last moment, the performers have become accustomed to relying on cue
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"I've never known fear like when I was stepping out on to the studio floor for that first ever one, knowing that we were going to be live in five minutes," says comedian George Fouracres, one of the 11-strong cast of Saturday Night Live…
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