Saturday Night Live alum Pete Davidson is not in the Lorne Michaels documentary because of scheduling conflicts and a packed interview line-up.

Lorne tells how the TV producer became a comedy legend - whom Pete regards as a mentor and father figure - and features chats with lots of former stars of the NBC sketch comedy series, including Mike Myers, 62, Chris Rock, 61, Tina Fey, 55, and 52-year-old Kristen Wiig.

Director Morgan Neville, 58, explained why 32-year-old Pete - a show cast member from 2014 until 2022 - was absent in an interview with People.

He said: "I interviewed so many people for the film, and at a certain point, after I'd interviewed [John] Mulaney and he had said everything he had said, I just didn't know where we were gonna put more voices.

"It just felt like it was full, you know?"

Morgan said many other Saturday Night Live entertainers were also ready to share their stories about Lorne.

He added: "That was the hard part. It was like an embarrassment of riches, that you could interview a thousand people about Lorne Michaels. So many people have stories."

Ultimately, Morgan's main focus was not on the cast members but on Lorne himself.

He said: "I was just trying to distill his essence into a film. A lot of those stories are not about Lorne, they're about those people."

"I just wanted to make sure I was staying on Lorne's story and not other people's stories because there are stories everywhere, and it's huge. There are thousand-page books about the show.

"So, it's really just trying to get that essence of what makes him tick that I was just zeroed in on."

Pete left Saturday Night Live in 2022, but returned as a guest host the following year.

However, he would make a comeback as a cast member if Lorne asked him to.

In November 2025, Pete told People magazine: "I'd do anything for Lorne.

"I had a great time hosting last time, and anytime you get that call, it's an honor and a privilege.

"It's always relevant, it's a hot show. People look forward to it, and the cast is great.

"I owe that guy my life. He jump-started everything. So I'd do anything for Lorne, and he knows that."