{"id":1999939,"date":"2025-09-05T18:21:22","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T18:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1999939"},"modified":"2025-09-05T18:21:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T18:21:22","slug":"colin-hanks-reveals-what-was-special-about-john-candy-as-he-debuts-his-star-studded-film-about-the-comedian-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/colin-hanks-reveals-what-was-special-about-john-candy-as-he-debuts-his-star-studded-film-about-the-comedian-exclusive\/","title":{"rendered":"Colin Hanks Reveals What Was \u2018Special\u2019 About John Candy as He Debuts His Star-Studded Film About the Comedian (Exclusive)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Colin Hanks debuted his new documentary about John Candy at the Toronto International Film Festival on Thursday, Sept. 4<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The <em>John Candy: I Like Me<\/em> director knew the late actor when he was a child; his father, Tom Hanks, befriended Candy when they made the 1984 movie <em>Splash<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The younger Hanks tells PEOPLE that Candy, who died in 1994, &#8220;made you feel heard and that&#8217;s a special thing for a little kid to feel&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/colin-hanks\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Colin Hanks;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Colin Hanks<\/a> has unique insight into what John Candy was <em>really<\/em> like.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The actor and filmmaker, 47, who debuted his new documentary about the late comedian, <em>John Candy: I Like Me,<\/em> at the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/toronto-film-festival\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Toronto International Film Festival;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Toronto International Film Festival<\/a> on Thursday, Sept. 4, met the <em>Uncle Buck<\/em> star when he was a boy. His father, Tom Hanks, starred with Candy in the 1984 romantic comedy <em>Splash<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Asked if he has a favorite memory that illustrates the type of man Candy was, Hanks tells PEOPLE, \u201cNot so much a specific memory, but really just a feeling. He just really made you feel unique. He made you feel heard and that&#8217;s a special thing for a little kid to feel like you actually matter and your opinion matters.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<div style=\"max-height:none;overflow:visible\">\n<p>Robin Marchant\/WireImage<\/p>\n<p> From Left: Jennifer Candy, Ryan Reynolds, Colin Hanks and Christopher Candy in Toronto on Sept. 4, 2025<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cSo really more than anything else is the way John made me feel and he made everybody feel that way, pretty much everyone he interacted with,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Candy, who rose to fame on Canada\u2019s <em>SCTV<\/em> before making films like <em>Stripes<\/em>, <em>The Great Outdoors<\/em> and <em>Summer Rental<\/em>, died at age 43 in 1994. He is survived by his wife, Rose, and their two children, Chris and Jennifer, all of whom participate in the documentary.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Candy\u2019s other colleagues and friends, including <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/bill-murray\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Bill Murray;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Bill Murray<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/how-dan-aykroyd-almost-ended-up-as-a-prison-guard-exclusive-8687533\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Dan Aykroyd;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Dan Aykroyd<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/macaulay-culkin\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Macaulay Culkin;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Macaulay Culkin<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/catherine-ohara-recalls-crush-john-candy-really-lovely-exclusive-8549981\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Catherine O\u2019Hara;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Catherine O\u2019Hara<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/theater\/andrea-martin-broke-four-ribs-gary\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Andrea Martin;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Andrea Martin<\/a> and the elder Hanks, also shared stories and memories of the beloved actor.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Moviestore\/Shutterstock From Left: Tom Hanks and John Candy in 'Splash'\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/vzDi_bu1878A.rHfVVA2bw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MTtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/people_218\/e3c52af164f12e9d49f00a9a53b0c41f\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<div style=\"max-height:none;overflow:visible\">\n<p>Moviestore\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<p> From Left: Tom Hanks and John Candy in &#8216;Splash&#8217;<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Candy\u2019s daughter, Jennifer \u2014 a co-executive producer on the movie along with Chris \u2014 tells PEOPLE that working on the film brought up lots of feelings. \u201cIt was emotional and cathartic and it was, you know, going down memory lane and kind of piecing all the puzzle pieces together to make this great story that we were able to share with the world,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">During a Q&amp;A after the show with TIFF CEO Cameron Bailey, producer <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/ryan-reynolds\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Ryan Reynolds;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Ryan Reynolds<\/a> and Hanks talked about wrangling the talent \u2014 and how it was one of the most difficult parts of the project.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I did terrible things to get Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd. And Macauley,&#8221; joked Reynolds, 48. &#8220;They don&#8217;t do interviews.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Universal From Left: Macaulay Culkin and John Candy in 'Uncle Buck'\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/33_zYoxXX6whSjhM1zWOIA--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MTtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/people_218\/9519310c21e6486fe227311da1fcfce8\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<div style=\"max-height:none;overflow:visible\">\n<p>Universal<\/p>\n<p> From Left: Macaulay Culkin and John Candy in &#8216;Uncle Buck&#8217;<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:PEOPLE's free daily newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Dan, I couldn&#8217;t find for two months. No one could. Finally I get through, I get a call, and he just gets right to it: \u2018I tell you what, kid. You come up here, you eat dinner, you spend the night. The next morning, we&#8217;ll do the interview and you get the f&#8212; out,&#8217; &#8221; he said, imitating the <em>Ghostbusters<\/em> actor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Reynolds also said he<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/ryan-reynolds-son-bill-murray-john-candy-documentary-11798135\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:enlisted his 2-year-old son;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> enlisted his 2-year-old son<\/a> to make a video message to get Murray to sit for an interview.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>John Candy: I Like Me<\/em> debuts Friday, Oct. 10 on Prime Video.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/colin-hanks-reveals-what-was-special-john-candy-exclusive-11804179\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">People<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\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.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO KNOW Colin Hanks debuted his new documentary about John Candy at the Toronto International Film Festival on Thursday, Sept. 4 The John Candy: I Like Me director knew the late actor when he was a child; his father, Tom Hanks, befriended Candy when they made the 1984 movie Splash The younger Hanks tells [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1999940,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[345616,362143,345385,363247,363246,343479,24207,306358,318702],"class_list":["post-1999939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-bill-murray","tag-christopher-candy","tag-colin-hanks","tag-dan-aykroyd","tag-jennifer-candy","tag-john-candy","tag-ryan-reynolds","tag-tom-hanks","tag-toronto-international-film-festival"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Colin-Hanks-Reveals-What-Was-\u2018Special-About-John-Candy-as.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1999939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1999939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1999939\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1999940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1999939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1999939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1999939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}