Rising Star on Secret to Playing Chevy Chase and ‘Elon Musk’

Photo Illustration by The Daily / Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Getty/NBC Cory Michael Smith, 39, has perfected the art of playing real people—or, in some cases, real-ish people—on the big screen. His repertoire includes SNL icon Chevy Chase and a brash tech bro who shared a lot in common with Elon Musk. But in his newest movie, The Sun Never Sets, Smith goes back to basics as the third person in a deeply complicated love triangle. “The thing that made me feel…