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‘Saturday Night’ Director Jason Reitman Says Chevy Chase Told Him He “Should Be Embarrassed” About Film
The Hollywood ReporterStory by Carly Thomas
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Legendary SNL star Chevy Chase gives scathing review of Jason Reitman's film about the show's early days, calling it an embarrassment.
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- Chase told Reitman he 'should be embarrassed' after watching the film, which re-creates the chaotic 90 minutes before the first SNL broadcast in 1975.
- Reitman says he tried to 'balance' Chase's brutal critique, knowing it was a 'Chevy Chase moment' that was '1,000 percent only' for him, but none of his efforts to find the 'humanity' and give Chase 'a moment to be loved' landed.
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Chevy Chase, Jason Reitman, David Spade, Dana Carvey, Cory Michael Smith, Gabriel LaBelle, Rachel Sennott, Dylan O'Brien, Ella Hunt, Lamorne Morris, Emily Fairn, Kaia Gerber, Matt Wood, Kim Matula, Cooper Hoffman, Nicholas Braun, Willem Dafoe, Saturday Night Live, 'Saturday Night'