Director Chris Columbus quit ‘Christmas Vacation’ after ‘bizarre’ Chevy Chase meetings

Director Chris Columbus claims he quit working on “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” after he met with the film’s leading actor, Chevy Chase.

In a new interview with Vanity Fair, the filmmaker, 66, recalled two “bizarre” meetings he allegedly had with Chase, 81, that made him realize he “couldn’t work” with him.

“I was signed on…and then I met Chevy Chase,” Columbus recalled, while discussing the the hit 1989 holiday movie. “Even given my situation at the time, where I desperately needed to make a film, I realized I couldn’t work with the guy.”

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