Chris Columbus Quit ‘Christmas Vacation’ Because ‘I Couldn’t Work With’ Chevy Chase
While looking back at past projects, Chris Columbus, the director behind holiday classics Home Alone and Gremlins, shared a not-so-merry holiday recollection involving comedian Chevy Chase.
Speaking to Vanity Fair for a recent interview, Columbus said John Hughes had sent him the script for 1989’s Christmas Vacation, starring Chase. Columbus said he signed onto the film before meeting the actor, and didn’t actually meet Chase until he began second unit shooting.
“I probably have never told this story,” the director told the publication, before detailing his first of two encounters with Chase.
Speaking to Vanity Fair for a recent interview, Columbus said John Hughes had sent him the script for 1989’s Christmas Vacation, starring Chase. Columbus said he signed onto the film before meeting the actor, and didn’t actually meet Chase until he began second unit shooting.
“I probably have never told this story,” the director told the publication, before detailing his first of two encounters with Chase.
- 12/24/2024
- by Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
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