Actor’s comment was branded ‘the roughest thing you could say to a director’. Director Jason Reitman has shared Chevy Chase’s brutal verdict on his new Saturday Night Live film. Juno and Up in the Air filmmaker Reitman’s latest release is Saturday Night, which depicts the 90 minutes leading up to the broadcast of the first ever SNL episode in 1975.
The controversial Chase, who was a cast member on the series at the time, was invited to a screening of the film, following which the controversial star issued his candid view to Reitman. Spade called it “an exact Chevy thing” to say, adding: “You couldn’t even write it better.”.
Carvey described the comment as Chase’s idea of humour, stating: “He knows that’s funny, like that’s the roughest thing you could say to a director in the moment, or right up there.”. Reitman acknowledged Chase’s history of rubbing people up the wrong way, stating: “I’m trying to balance it, because, in my head, I know, ‘Alright, I’m getting my own Chevy Chase moment that’s 1,000 per cent only for me right now.’ And from a comedy point-of-view that’s really pure, and that’s kind of cool.
“But also, I just spent like two years of my life recreating this moment and trying to capture Chevy perfectly, and also even in the ego, find the humanity and give him a moment to be loved – no, none of that s*** played. He’s not talking about that stuff.”.
