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.
SNL movie director reveals Chevy Chase’s brutal verdict Actor’s comment was branded ‘the roughest thing you could say to a director’.
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.”.
“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.
Director Jason Reitman has shared Chevy Chase’s brutal verdict on his new Saturday Night Live film.
