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105K views · 1.5K reactions | Beverly D’Angelo reflects on National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation and the moment she first read the script. ☃️ Speaking at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater during the film’s 30th anniversary celebration in 2019, D’Angelo, who played Ellen Griswold, recalls being surprised by the dark and chaotic elements on the page. #christmasvacation #beverlydangelo #christmas #film #cinema | Love It Film | Facebook

Beverly D’Angelo just spilled the story behind one of National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation’s most talked‑about scenes ...and it wasn’t in the script. She revealed that her character Ellen’s lewd hand gesture on Chevy Chase’s Clark during the police “freeze” moment was completely improvised on the spot. D’Angelo says she added it in during the final take of the day, joking “I bet nobody catches this,” and director Jeremiah S. Chechik had no choice but to keep it in the film. Chevy Chase was in o