Chevy Chase reacted violently to the SNL taping on Saturday night

Jason Reitman’s Saturday Night Live is a tense, chaotic film that spans the 90 minutes leading up to the 1975 premiere of the first-ever Saturday Night Live. /Film’s own writer Ethan Anderson glowing 9 out of 10 reviewbut “SNL” alum Chevy Chase had a different reaction. As Reitman explained on a the latest episode of the Fly on the Wall podcast. (hosted by “SNL” alums David Spade and Dana Carvey), Chase told Reitman his thoughts on the film after an early screening:

“Chevy likes to say things you shouldn’t say – to the extreme (…) I have an example for you (…) So, Chevy comes to see a movie and he’s there with (his wife) Jaini and they they’re watching a movie and he’s in the band and he comes up to me afterwards and pats me on the shoulder and says, “Well, you must be embarrassed.”

Carvey then offered a possible explanation for what Chase said, noting that maybe he was just joking to make Reitman feel uncomfortable. “Well, he knows it’s funny — like, it’s the rudest thing you can say to a director right now, or right there,” Carvey noted. Reitman later explained that while he appreciated the humor in his own “Chevy Chase was a jerk to me” story he told people, it still stung:

“I’m trying to balance it because in my head I know, ‘OK, I’m getting a Chevy Chase moment that’s 1,000 percent just for me right now.’ And from a comedy standpoint, it’s really clean, and it’s kind of cool, but also, I just spent two years of my life recreating that moment and trying to perfectly capture Chevy and, even in the ego, find the humanity and give. And no, he doesn’t talk about it.

Although many members of the Saturday Night Live cast have publicly praised the film (including Dan Aykroyd, who called it “a propulsive, engaging, funny, beautifully acted and acted, tense, adventurous, music-filled ride”), Reitman admitted that he understands why the original “SNL” cast member might not be thrilled to see himself on screen as manner.

“I’ve made two movies about real people, and that’s what inevitably happens,” Reitman said. – You are interviewing an original person. All they want to know is who will play them, if they are attractive, and how tall they are. then they watch the movie and they just can’t figure out that after that they’re just scared. It’s emotional.”

What makes this inevitably surreal experience difficult for Chase is that “Saturday Night” doesn’t portray him in a particularly flattering light. He may have been the first star of the show, but Chase was also (and still is) notorious for being difficult to work with behind the scenes, and the film does not shy away from this aspect of his personality. The actor who plays Chase, Corey Michael Smith, also never spoke to Chase before playing him; a decision that was probably for the best creatively, but one that the “SNL” alum probably didn’t sit well with.

No matter how much Chase was joking when he made that harsh remark to Reitman after the screening, hopefully Reitman doesn’t actually feel embarrassed about his work. A chase is also reported tried to understand why some scenes in “Community” were funnysomething that partially led to him parting ways with that TV show as well. When it comes to getting helpful creative feedback, Chevy Chase isn’t always the best person to ask.