Chevy Chase and Jason Reitman
Getty Images (2)Chevy Chase He had some choice words about Saturday Night Live Original movie, sSaturday night.
exit Jason Reitman Chase shared his reaction to the film on a recent episode of Dana Carvey and David Spade's “Flying on the Wall” Podcast.. Leading up to the story, Carvey, 69, joked: “Chevy likes to say the thing she's not supposed to say, to the extreme, where she can go wherever she wants.”
Reitman, 47, began by noting that he called Chase, 81, “my whole life” and he grew up as friends with his children. “So, Chevy comes to see the movie, and he's there with (his wife). Come on He explains that they are watching a movie. “And he was in the group, and he came up to me afterwards and tapped me on the shoulder and said, ‘Well, you should be embarrassed.’”
The comment sparked laughter from both Carvey and Speed, 60, with the latter saying: “What exactly Chevy thing. You couldn't even write it any better. How funny.”
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Meanwhile, Carvey added: “He knows it's funny, like, 'Okay, that's the harshest thing you can say to a director at that moment.'”
After reviewing Chase, Reitman said he tried to “balance” the meaning of the actor's words. “I know, well, I've got a Chevy Chase moment that's just 1,000 percent for me right now. And from a comedic standpoint, that's really pure and that's kind of cool.” But I also spent two years of my life recreating that moment and trying to portray Chevy in a way that Perfect and also, even in ego, finding humanity and giving him a moment to be loved – no, none of that s- played. He doesn't talk about those things.”
For his part, Speed was also unsure how much of Chase's comments were comical and how much were sincere. “It's funny to say that, but then, you have to look at the meter and ask, 'What's the real percentage?' Was it all a joke, or was he just not happy with a little bit of it?'' “But you don’t know it, and he leaves, and you say to yourself, ‘Well, he saw him.’”
Saturday nightWhich hits theaters in October, follows the cast and crew SNL In the hilarious and frenetic 90 minutes that preceded the programme's first broadcast in October 1975. Corey Michael Smith He plays a younger version of Chase in the film alongside Kaia Gerber As Chase's then-girlfriend Jacqueline Carlin.
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Reitman shared his story shortly after his fellow director Chris Columbus He said Vanity gallery He left work in the 1980s National Lampoon's Christmas Holiday After meeting with Chase.
“I talked about how I saw the movie, how I wanted to make the movie. He didn't say anything,” Columbus told the outlet in an interview published on December 23. “I spent about a half-hour talking. He didn't say a single word. … Forty minutes into the meeting, he said, “Wait a minute.” Are you the manager? I said: “Yes… I am directing the film.” …He said, “Oh, I thought you were the drummer.”
He continued: “I left dinner and thought: This exists There is no way I can make a movie With this man. First, he's not engaged. He treats me like -. I don't need this. I'd rather not work again. I'd rather write.”
