Cory Michael Smith Tells Us Which Early Chevy Chase Movie Taught Him The Most About The Comedian, And His Choice Really Surprised Me

Interview with Cory Michael Smith, Ella Hunt and Lamorne Morris

Transcript

00:00Corey, selfishly, I just want you to keep playing Chevy.

00:02I think you're so amazing at Chevy in that time period.

00:05If you could keep the performance going and do one of his early roles,

00:09which would you remake right now?

00:11Oh, that's a great question.

00:14You know, his very first feature was Foul Play with Goldie Hawn.

00:18And it's a great movie.

00:20I don't know that I'd want to remake it.

00:22It's a pleasure.

00:24But it's really interesting.

00:26As I was studying him and who he was,

00:30one of the things that I had to really look for and pay attention to was

00:34who is the Chevy that's performing and who is the Chevy off screen?

00:38And I was always looking for moments of like nervousness or vulnerability,

00:41most of which I would find in interviews.

00:44But I did notice, you know,

00:46there's a different quality of him in Foul Play than other films.

00:51It's his first feature.

00:52And you can sort of feel him exploring and figuring stuff out.

00:58You know, it's like he's not doing sketch comedy.

01:01He's doing like a proper Hollywood film with a star, with Goldie Hawn.

01:06And I do see moments in like flex in that performance of like,

01:11oh, that's an actor doing his first feature.

01:15I can see that.

01:16And I kind of love that, you know?

01:17But I don't know.

01:19So,

01:20it's being just boring.

01:21Well,

01:22I love you.

01:25I'm not so good to meet times there.

01:27I love that dude.

01:34I love you, man.