# @variety on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DZU2fc8lXdd
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/66618481-variety-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-06-08T13:00:03.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Variety (@Variety) — https://gondola.cc/Variety

## Caption

#BowenYang and #RachelSennott first met as young comedians in Brooklyn’s stand-up scene. Less than a decade later, they’ve become two of comedy’s biggest voices, with Yang going from a seven-year run on #SNL to “Wicked” and Sennott creating, directing and starring in HBO’s “I Love L.A.”

In their conversation, Yang opens up about why he never felt “that central” to “Saturday Night Live,” while Sennott reflects on creating “I Love L.A.” The two look back on their Brooklyn beginnings and how they found their voices in comedy.

Watch the full #ActorsOnActors episode now on the CNN app.

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Photographs by Mary Ellen Matthews
maryellenmatthewsnyc

Prop styling and art direction: Shawn Patrick Anderson/Acme Studios
acmebrooklyn

Assistant prop styling: Joseph Bell
josephbellproduction

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## Tags

rachelsennott, snl, actorsonactors, bowenyang

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