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Molly Shannon Reflects on Friendship and Foreshadowing with Will Ferrell

4/20/2026

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Molly Shannon (actress) told Jimmy Kimmel Live! that her long friendship with Will Ferrell (actor) began in the mid-1990s through the Groundlings and led to both joining Saturday Night Live in 1995.
Shannon created memorable characters while collaborating with Ferrell on A Night at the Roxbury.
She recalled Ferrell predicting that actors might be replaced by robots, a remark she now sees as foresight.

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Molly Shannon (actress) told Jimmy Kimmel Live! that her long friendship with Will Ferrell (actor) began in the mid-1990s through the Groundlings and led to both joining Saturday Night Live in 1995.
Shannon created memorable characters while collaborating with Ferrell on A Night at the Roxbury.
She recalled Ferrell predicting that actors might be replaced by robots, a remark she now sees as foresight.