ABC/Fred Lee(NEW YORK) — Ed Helms stars in Vacation, the reboot of the 1983 film comedy National Lampoon’s Vacation, something the comic actor says he doesn’t take lightly.
“It’s such a privilege. I mean, the whole Griswold universe is something that has meant to so much to me over the years,” Helms said on Wednesday’s Live with Kelly and Michael.
Helms plays a grown-up Rusty Griswold in the movie, who decides to take his wife, played by Christina Applegate, and their two sons on a cross-country trip to Walley World, the amusement park made famous in the 1983 original, starring Chevy Chase and Beverly D’Angelo. The two veteran actors also reprise their roles in Vacation.
“It’s fun to see Chevy kind of become Clark Griswold because it’s different than who he is in person,” Helms explained. “I met him that morning and it was like, ‘Oh, this is Chevy! I’m excited to meet you.’ Then all of a sudden he just morphs into Clark on set”
Chris Hemsworth also stars in the film as Helm’s onscreen brother-in-law. “He’s such a good actor. Like, he showed up so prepared,” Helms said about his co-star, who’s best-known for play the superhero Thor in four Marvel movies. “And he works out a lot. I think his abs were surgically replaced with clay and they’re freshly sculpted every morning.”
Vacation is now in theaters.
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