Filmmaker Chris Columbus allegedly walked away from one of the biggest Christmas movies of all time because of Chevy Chase ... 1985's "National Lampoon's European Vacation," and returned to ...

He’s Chevy Chase ... Lampoon’s Vacation.” After a 1985 sequel set in Europe, “Christmas Vacation” was released in 1989 and has endured as a holiday classic. For Chase, getting ...

The one thing that makes European Vacation so memorable is all the lines you can use in real life. None more so than the one that Chevy Chase delivers when he's asked if he'd like his soft drink ...

In a last-minute change of directors, Chris Columbus was replaced by rookie Jeremiah Chechik after butting heads with star Chevy Chase ... while in Vacation and European Vacation Rusty is ...

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 ...

He said he worked alongside John Hughes to write the script, which of course would star Chevy Chase, the "Saturday Night Live" breakout who was the star of the "Vacation" franchise. But the first ...

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 ...