Dream Wired
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Celebrity
  • DramaAlert
  • Gossip
  • Movie
  • TV
  • Music
  • Comics
  • Shop
  • Home
  • Celebrity
  • DramaAlert
  • Gossip
  • Movie
  • TV
  • Music
  • Comics
  • Shop
No Result
View All Result
Dream Wired
No Result
View All Result
Home TV

Chevy Chase Told SNL Biopic Director He ‘Should Be Embarrassed’ by Film

rmtsa by rmtsa
December 31, 2024
in TV
0
Chevy Chase Told SNL Biopic Director He ‘Should Be Embarrassed’ by Film
74
SHARES
1.2k
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter


You might also like

‘Family Guy’ Giant Chicken Is Dead — Ernie’s Death Explained By EPs

Alix Earle Shares Last-Minute ‘Switch’ to Dancing With the Stars Routine

How Celtic Fans Are Redefining Matchday in the Digital Era

Chevy Chase Told Saturday Night Director Jason Reitman He Should Be Embarrassed by the Film

Chevy Chase and Jason Reitman
Getty Images (2)

Chevy Chase had some choice words about the Saturday Night Live origin movie, Saturday Night.

Director Jason Reitman shared Chase’s reaction to the film on a recent episode of Dana Carvey and David Spade’s “Fly on the Wall” podcast. Setting the scene for the story, Carvey, 69, quipped: “Chevy loves to say the thing you’re not supposed to say, to the extreme, where it can go wherever it wants to go.”

Reitman, 47, began by noting he’s known Chase, 81, “my entire life” and grew up as friends of his kids. “So, Chevy comes in to watch the movie, and he’s there with [his wife] Jayni and they watch the film,” he explains. “And he’s in the group, and he comes up to me after and he pats me on the shoulder and goes, ‘Well, you should be embarrassed.’”

The comment prompted laughter from both Carvey and Spade, 60, the latter of whom stated: “What an exact Chevy thing. You couldn’t even write it better. How funny.”

How the Cast of SNL 1975 Compares to Their Saturday Night Live Counterparts

Related: How the ‘Saturday Night’ Cast Compares to the ‘SNL’ Stars They’re Playing

The Saturday Night cast has Us shook by their resemblance to their real-life Saturday Night Live counterparts. The  film, which was originally titled SNL 1975, will focus on the behind-the-scenes story of the night leading up to SNL‘s first broadcast in October 1975. The movie’s director Jason Reitman wrote the screenplay with Gil Kenan, which was […]

Carvey, meanwhile, added: “He knows that’s funny, like, ‘OK, that’s the roughest thing you could say to a director in that moment.’”

Following Chase’s review, Reitman said he tried to “balance” the meaning of the actor’s words. “I know, ‘Alright, I’m getting a Chevy Chase moment that’s 1,000 percent only for me right now. And from a comedy point-of-view, that’s really pure and that’s kind of cool,’” he stated. “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.”

Spade, for his part, was also unsure how much of Chase’s comment was comedy and how much was truthful. “It’s a funny thing to say, but then, you gotta look at the meter and go, ‘What percentage was real? Was it all a joke, or was there a little bit he’s not happy [with]?’” he said. “But you just don’t know and he leaves, and you go, ‘Well, he saw it.’”

Chevy Chase Told Saturday Night Director Jason Reitman He Should Be Embarrassed by the Film
Youtube

Saturday Night, which hit theaters in October, follows the cast and crew of SNL in the hilarious and hectic 90 minutes leading up to the show’s first broadcast in October 1975. Cory Michael Smith plays a young version of Chase in the film alongside Kaia Gerber as Chase’s then-girlfriend Jacqueline Carlin.

Gabriel Labelle recently scored a 2025 Golden Globes nomination for his performance as the show’s creator, Lorne Michaels. The cast also includes Lamorne Morris as Garrett Morris, Dylan O’Brien as Dan Aykroyd, Matt Wood as John Belushi, Ella Hunt as Gilda Radner, Emily Fairn as Laraine Newman, Kim Matula as Jane Curtin, Rachel Sennott as Rosie Shuster and Cooper Hoffman as Dick Ebersol.

Thank You!

You have successfully subscribed.

SNL Saturday Night Live Stars Where Are They Now

Related: Former ‘Saturday Night Live’ Stars: Where Are They Now?

Saturday Night Live has catapulted the careers of many of today’s most popular comedians, including Will Ferrell, Eddie Murphy, Tina Fey and Adam Sandler. Murphy, for his part, appeared as a cast member from 1980 to 1984. He went on to become a lucrative movie star, but tension between him and the show arose after […]

Reitman shared his story shortly after fellow director Chris Columbus told Vanity Fair that he dropped out of working on 1989’s National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation after a 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 went through about a half hour of talking. He didn’t say a word. … Forty minutes into the meeting, he says, ‘Wait a second. You’re the director?’ And I said, ‘Yeah … I’m directing the film.’ … He said, ‘Oh, I thought you were a drummer.’”

He continued: “I left the dinner and I thought, ‘There’s no way I can make a movie with this guy. First of all, he’s not engaged. He’s treating me like s—. I don’t need this. I’d rather not work again. I’d rather write.’”



Source link

Tags: BiopicChaseChevyDirectorEmbarrassedFilmSNLtold
Share30Tweet19
rmtsa

rmtsa

Recommended For You

‘Family Guy’ Giant Chicken Is Dead — Ernie’s Death Explained By EPs

by rmtsa
October 2, 2025
0
‘Family Guy’ Giant Chicken Is Dead — Ernie’s Death Explained By EPs

'Family Guy' Giant Chicken Is Dead — Ernie's Death Explained By EPs ad Source link

Read more

Alix Earle Shares Last-Minute ‘Switch’ to Dancing With the Stars Routine

by rmtsa
October 2, 2025
0
Alix Earle Shares Last-Minute ‘Switch’ to Dancing With the Stars Routine

Alix Earle and Val Chmerkovskiy’s Dancing With the Stars routine during TikTok Night almost looked very different. “I give so much props to Val because after last week’s...

Read more

How Celtic Fans Are Redefining Matchday in the Digital Era

by rmtsa
October 2, 2025
0
How Celtic Fans Are Redefining Matchday in the Digital Era

There’s nothing quite like the buzz of a packed Celtic Park on matchday, but the way fans experience the Hoops has changed dramatically in recent years. From digital...

Read more

Will Voight Win Chapman Back?

by rmtsa
October 2, 2025
0
Will Voight Win Chapman Back?

'Chicago PD' Season 13 Premiere Recap: Will Voight Win Chapman Back? ad Source link

Read more

Chicago Fire Recap: Kidd and Severide’s Shocking Baby Update

by rmtsa
October 2, 2025
0
Chicago Fire Recap: Kidd and Severide’s Shocking Baby Update

Chicago Fire’s Stella Kidd and Kelly Severide’s road to parenthood was upended once again during the season 14 premiere — so what’s next for the couple? Warning: Spoilers...

Read more
Next Post
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 3 Writers Tease Their “Ever Expanding Universe” They Expect Will Include “Several More Sequels” — GeekTyrant

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 3 Writers Tease Their "Ever Expanding Universe" They Expect Will Include "Several More Sequels" — GeekTyrant

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Browse by Category

  • Celebrity
  • Comics
  • DramaAlert
  • Gossip
  • Movie
  • Music
  • TV
  • Uncategorized

CATEGORIES

  • Celebrity
  • Comics
  • DramaAlert
  • Gossip
  • Movie
  • Music
  • TV
  • Uncategorized
No Result
View All Result

Recent News

  • Trailer For Apple TV+ Doc Series MR. SCORSESE About The Legendary Filmmaker — GeekTyrant
  • Diddy Writes Letter To Judge Before His Sentencing Tomorrow • Hollywood Unlocked
  • Sheff G Gives His Girlfriend $50,000 Before Heading to Prison

Copyright © 2023 DramaWired.
DramaWired is a content aggregator and not responsible for the content of external sites.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Celebrity
  • DramaAlert
  • Gossip
  • Movie
  • TV
  • Music
  • Comics
  • Shop

Copyright © 2023 DramaWired.
DramaWired is a content aggregator and not responsible for the content of external sites.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In