{"id":1999620,"date":"2025-09-05T15:49:54","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T15:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1999620"},"modified":"2025-09-05T15:49:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T15:49:54","slug":"ryan-reynolds-wanted-bill-murray-to-appear-in-a-john-candy-documentary-then-reynolds-toddler-stepped-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/ryan-reynolds-wanted-bill-murray-to-appear-in-a-john-candy-documentary-then-reynolds-toddler-stepped-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Reynolds wanted Bill Murray to appear in a John Candy documentary. 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Ryan Reynolds learned that first hand.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmf6uxqw500003b6nnp09j8e7@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The \u201cDeadpool\u201d star revealed at a the premiere screening of his documentary, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/I36U5mK1y_s?si=-75WG05XqZ-gYev3\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cJohn Candy: I Like Me\u201d<\/a> at the Toronto International Film Festival this week how he got Murray to appear in the film.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmf6vowph00093b6ntnpa1hxf@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            According to Reynolds, Murray, who <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/movies\/bill-murray-explains-why-hes-only-reachable-via-mysterious-800-number\/\" target=\"_blank\">reportedly spent years <\/a>only reachable via fax machine or an 800 number, initially didn\u2019t say yes, but also didn\u2019t say no to appearing in the documentary about the late actor.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmf6vqngr000d3b6nssqimpfm@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Candy died following a heart attack in 1994 at age 43.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmf6vuh3f000g3b6n26pq52qc@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Reynolds explained during a panel discussion that he got so desperate to get Murray to participate that he eventually sent him a video message with an assist from his toddler son, Olin, who he shares with wife, actress Blake Lively.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmf6vwdmm000j3b6nbyyn5kt4@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cI\u2019m like \u2018Bill, I\u2019m running out of time, of course existentially because death will find me some day, but I\u2019m also running out of time on this doc,\u2019\u201d Reynolds recalled. \u201cAnd I was lying. I wasn\u2019t running out of time. I\u2019d run out of time two weeks ago.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmf6vywqb000m3b6ng8nz0pog@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            That\u2019s when his son, who should have been asleep at 11:30 p.m., woke up to show Reynolds his \u201cJingle Bells\u201d shirt, the actor told the audience.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmf6w2uwj000p3b6ncsyxykul@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cI said\u2026\u2019I\u2019m trying to send a video to Bill, tell Bill to do the interview,\u2019\u201d Reynolds recalled. \u201cAnd he went \u2018Do the interview Bill!\u2019 all angry like. And I said, \u2018Would you say no to a child like that, then I don\u2019t know what kind of monster you are.\u2019 Next thing I know he was doing it.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmf6wab24000v3b6neif6r5qi@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Murray, who costarred with Candy in the 1981 film \u201cStripes,\u201d is featured in the film\u2019s trailer and gets visibly emotional talking about his late friend.\n    <\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/youtube\/instances\/cmf6wjgel00103b6n5nfgfd4j@published\" data-editable=\"settings\" data-component-name=\"youtube\">\n<aside class=\"youtube__aspect-ratio-container\">\n<div id=\"sB2yrsq0\" data-video-id=\"PrcQRsrBcCk\" class=\"youtube__content player\">\n\t\t<span class=\"youtube__video-title\">John Candy: I Like Me &#8211; Official Trailer | Prime Video<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmf6w46um000s3b6narmijao5@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Reynolds serves as a producer on the film, directed by Colin Hanks, whose father, Tom Hanks, costarred with Candy in 1983\u2019s \u201cSplash\u201d and 1985\u2019s \u201cVolunteers.\u201d The Oscar-winner also appears in the documentary.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmf6wkg0200123b6nc2idrlnp@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cJohn Candy: I Like Me\u201d is set to premiere October 10 on Prime Video.\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.celebrity.land.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Facebook Tweet Email Link Bill Murray has a reputation for being hard to track down. 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