Bill Hader interview: On Barry, anxiety and body image

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “When season three aired, people were like, ‘Wow, it’s not really a comedy any more,’” says Hader. Last year, Hader explained that SNL had “floated” the idea that he come back to play Stefon – a gay character – but he’d turned it down because of the political climate. Plan auto-renews until cancelled Try for free open image in gallery Hader as Stefon with Ben Affleck in ‘Saturday Night Live’ “I was like, ‘I don’t think that’s really a good thing to do now,’” he told The Guardian. That end scene is so funny.” If “bawdy yet poignant” sums up a lot of Hader’s early films, Barry really is a different beast, a drolly sophisticated series that mixes bathos with brutality.