MARTIN SHORT KEEPS A LIST OF GUEST STARS

And he’s not going anywhere, thank you very much, now that the 75-year-old Only Murders in the Building (and first-time SAG winner) is gunning for Emmy gold BY CARLY THOMAS

- BY CARLY THOMAS

Martin Short not only holds icon status, but also has a way to connect with every generation. And that’s evident with his role as Oliver Putnam, a lovable, whimsical and high-energy Broadway director, in Only Murders in the Building (currently filming its fifth season). While playing Oliver is second nature to him, he still finds ways to add new, quirky elements to his character’s personality. “Sometimes I’ll do a weird laugh and that becomes the new thing that you put in, or I had a cousin who always would finish sentences saying, ‘That’s true, yup,’ so I think, maybe I'll have him do that,” he tells The Hollywood Reporter.

Short stars alongside Selena Gomez (Mabel Mora) and his longtime pal Steve Martin (Charles-Haden Savage) in the Hulu show, which follows the trio as they investigate murders in their New York City apartment building while documenting the investigations on their podcast. Season four centres on Jane Lynch’s character Sazz’s death but also features a stacked guest star roster, including Meryl Streep, Eugene Levy, Eva Longoria, Zach Galifianakis and Melissa McCarthy. As for who Short would love to see make a cameo in the future, he says, “Wouldn’t it be nice to see Ryan Reynolds on Only Murders? I’m a fan of a lot of people. How cool to have Bill Murray on? Kristen Wiig? Now we're talking.”