'Home Alone' director quit 'Christmas Vacation' after bizarre meeting with Chevy Chase
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"Home Alone" director Chris Columbus almost worked on the 1989 holiday classic "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation," but quit due to actor Chevy Chase.
"I was signed on… and then I met Chevy Chase. 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 director told Vanity Fair.
Columbus recalled his first meeting with Chase and the "bizarre" thing the actor said to him.
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