Chevy Chase told Jason Reitman he ‘should be embarrassed’ by ‘SNL’ movie

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“Fly on the Wall” podcast hosted by “Saturday Night Live” alums Dana Carvey and David Spade and recalled Chase’s reaction to his film about the debut episode of the sketch comedy show. “So, Chevy comes in to watch the movie,” Reitman said. “And he is there with [his wife] Jayni and they watch the film, 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.’”Spade, 60, said with a laugh, “What an exact Chevy thing.

You couldn’t even write it better.”Carvey, 69, pointed out that Chase intentionally made that comment to hurt Reitman. “He knows that’s funny.

That’s the roughest roughest thing you could say to a director in the moment, or right up there,” he said.Reitman explained how he handled being insulted by the comedy legend.“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 percent only for me right now,’” the director shared. “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,” he continued. “No, none of that s–t played.