Even given my situation at the time, where I desperately needed to make a film, I realized I couldn’t work with the guy,” the ...

"Home Alone" director Chris Columbus almost worked on the 1989 holiday classic "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation," but ...

said he was also supposed to direct 1989’s “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” — but opted out because of the movie’s star, Chevy Chase. “I was signed on … and then I met Chevy ...

Director Chris Columbus said actor Chevy Chase was so disrespectful to him that he quit 1989’s “National Lampoon’s Christmas ...

Chevy Chase has gained somewhat ... he stepped away from directing the 1989 Christmas comedy National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation because of Chase’s difficult attitude.

A bizarre encounter with actor Chevy Chase led then-unknown filmmaker Chris Columbus to walk off 'National Lampoon's ...

Columbus realized there was a silver lining though. He recalled, “I quit ‘Christmas Vacation.’ The next weekend, I got ...

Chevy Chase starred as Clark Griswold in "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation." Columbus recalled his first meeting with Chase and the "bizarre" thing the actor said to him. "It was just the two ...