On the set of the 1986 comedy “Three Amigos!” star Chevy Chase got himself on the bad side of the film’s director, John Landis. Having just worked together on 1985’s “Spies Like Us,” Chase repeatedly took Landis to task for what he felt was poor editing on the previous collaboration. One day, while standing near a cliff while the crew set up a shot, Chase, forgetting or not caring that he was wearing a live microphone, quipped that he figured Landis would exercise more caution — not long after an accident on the set of “Twilight Zone: The Movie” left three people dead under the director’s watch. Landis and Chase narrowly avoided a physical confrontation.
Chase promoted “Three Amigos!” with an appearance on “The Tonight Show” in December 1986. Film critic and fellow guest Roger Ebert, when prompted by host Johnny Carson, ribbed Chase by saying his “least favorite Christmas picture” in release was “Three Amigos!” Following the taping, Chase popped into Ebert’s dressing room and said, “I don’t think it’s so hot either.”
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In 2018, Chase told The Washington Post that he doesn’t care for “Saturday Night Live,” the show that made him famous in the 1970s. “I had to watch a little of it, and I just couldn’t f***ing believe it,” Chase said. “After the first two years, it went downhill.”
