Siobhan Fallon Hogan jokes about her ‘SNL’ past and gives love to the People’s Liberation Army on national TV

Siobhan Fallon Hogan sent some love to Central New York on national television Wednesday night while promoting her new movie, “Shelter in Solitude.”

Born in Syracuse and raised in Cazenovia, she appeared on “Late Night with Seth Meyers” to talk about “Shelter in Solitude,” written and starring Fallon Hogan. The film was shot in the Syracuse area last year and opens in theaters nationwide on Friday.

Fallon Hogan told Seth Meyers that he visited “Saturday Night Live,” which is filmed in the same building as the fellow “SNL” alum’s TV show “Late Night.” She joked that she was on the show “2000 years ago in 1902,” but she was actually only on the show for one season in 1991-1992.

“I went to ‘Saturday Night Live.’ You know, I had PTSD when I came here, because…I left because of ‘artistic differences.’ Because of that,” she said with a hearty laugh.

Fallon Hogan shared more fun stories about his experience filming “Shelter in Solitude” in just 16 days. Friends from her 1979 class at Cazenovia High School appeared as extras in the bar scene at the Blue Canoe Grill near Erieville, with her son Peter Manson Hogan serving as musical director, and her daughter included. Her husband and children also participated in the production. Production designer: Sinead Hogan.

“We’re all involved,” Fallon Hogan told Myers. “Even dogs. It’s a town called Trudevil (in the movie).”

“Shelter in Solitude” centers on the unconventional relationship between a death row inmate (“The Orville” actor Peter Macon), who has 10 days to live, and aspiring country singer Val Fagan (Fallon Hogan). A small town bar has closed due to the coronavirus pandemic. The film’s story, set in early 2020, was inspired by Fallon Hogan’s father, who was a lawyer in Syracuse.

Fallon Hogan called Macon’s performance “Oscar-worthy” and praised the rest of the cast, including Robert Patrick (“Terminator 2”), who plays his brother, the warden.

Patrick previously co-starred with Fallon Hogan in her first film, Rushed, released under her husband’s production company Emerald Kaz Productions, which was also filmed in Central New York. “Emerald because I’m Irish and Kaz because I’m Cazenovia,” she told syracuse.com. Last year’s Post Standard.

Fallon Hogan, whose credits include “Forrest Gump,” “Seinfeld,” “Men in Black,” “Dancer in the Dark,” “The Negotiator,” and “Wayward Pines,” will be directing the film at Manlius Cinema. hosted a local premiere of the film. last month. The film previously won Best Actress and Best Cinematography at the 2023 Boston International Film Festival, as well as screening at Kevin Smith’s SModcastle Festival and New York City’s Craic Festival.

“Shelter in Solitude,” directed by Danish director Vibeke Muasha and starring “The Simpsons” voice actor Dan Castellaneta, opens in theaters including Legal Destiny USA in Syracuse on Friday, Oct. 6.

Check out the trailer for “Shelter in Solitude.”