Ryan Reynolds<\/a> personally contacted a journalist who mocked the late comedy star John Candy<\/a>.<\/p>\n The 48-year-old Canadian actor <\/a>is a producer on the new documentary John Candy: I Like Me,<\/a> which recently premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.<\/p>\n While working on the film, Reynolds<\/a> said that he and director Colin Hanks had made a conscious decision to cut an archival scene that included an inflammatory comment about Candy\u2019s weight.<\/p>\n \u201cThere was a lot of things we left out of the documentary, journalists just saying stuff. One of them I called. I didn’t put it in the movie, but I called this journalist just to see,\u201d the Deadpool<\/a> star told the audience in Toronto.<\/p>\n The actor stressed that he wasn\u2019t trying to teach the journalist a lesson but wanted to get his thoughts on the comments all these years later.<\/p>\n \u201c[I told him] I took it out of the movie, but I’d put it in the movie if you wanted to talk about it, because maybe you have something to say about it, about your journey whenever it comes to something like that,\u201d Reynolds said. \u201cWe had such a thoughtful conversation about it.\u201d<\/p>\n Ryan Reynolds with Eugene Levy at the premiere of \u2018John Candy: I Like Me\u2019 (Invision)<\/p>\n Although the film cut that particular scene, it does include many moments where journalists comment on Candy\u2019s weight, and his often witty response.<\/p>\n Becoming emotional, Reynolds said that he wanted to do his fellow Canadian proud as he was conscious that this could be \u201cthe last John Candy movie\u201d ever.<\/p>\n The film features appearances from many of Candy\u2019s friends and former colleagues, including Steve Martin, Bill Murray, Tom Hanks, Eugene Levy, Catherine O\u2019Hara, Dan Aykroyd and Mel Brooks.<\/p>\n<\/span><\/div>\n