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The actor, 48, and Colin Hanks debuted their new documentary “John Candy: I Like Me,” during opening night time of the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival last week.
Now, Reynolds revealed that while working the project that explored the life of late comic John Candy, their workforce found footage of journalists saying hurtful issues about the star.
Ryan Reynolds speaks onstage at ‘In Conversation With… Ryan Reynolds’ during the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival. Getty Images for TIFF
John Candy poses for a portrait. Getty Images
The jabs and remarks got here while Candy was still alive and Reynolds determined to personally call one of the journalists to talk about it.
The “Deadpool” vet and Hanks, 47, who starred as a producer, overlooked footage that included imply feedback about Candy’s physique.
“There was a lot of things we left out of the documentary, journalists just saying stuff. One of them I called,” Reynolds confessed. “I didn’t put it in the movie, but I called this journalist just to see.”
Ryan Reynolds and Colin Hanks on the carpet for their new doc, “John Candy: I Like Me.” ZUMAPRESS.com
“I wasn’t trying to shame him or teach him a lesson,” he burdened. “[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.”
Reynolds added, “We had such a thoughtful conversation about it.”
The movie did show past interviews where journalists poked enjoyable at Candy’s weight. It also included his witty comebacks.
Ryan Reynolds and Colin Hanks of “John Candy: I Like Me” pose together. Getty Images for IMDb
Candy hailed from Canada, like Reynolds, and died at the age of 43 after struggling a coronary heart assault.
During the premiere, the “Green Lantern” alum grew to become emotional while speaking about how this might be “the last John Candy movie” ever.
Reynolds acknowledged he needed to honor the comedian by debuting the project in his home nation.
A still from “John Candy: I Like Me.” Ryan Reynolds/Youtube
At the premiere, Reynolds posed with Candy’s kids, Chris, 40, and Jennifer, 45, and his widow Rosemary, 76.
Candy’s children also serve as co-executive producers.
“When you watch SCTV, some of those sketches look brilliant; they’re actually genius. And some are really terrible,” Reynolds mirrored while talking to the viewers. “That’s what make it special. You see them experimenting and playing and really kind of enjoying the lack of perfection.”
John Candy attends thirty fifth Annual Primetime Emmy Awards on September 25, 1983. Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images
“One of the things about John, he was a people pleaser, and he was struggling with mental health issues. Everybody deals with mental health issues. John was on the cusp of talking about it. But he was a people pleaser,” he famous.
“As a people pleaser, you don’t want to burden people with anything. And the only way to talk about mental health problems is to talk about them. You have to take a step forward and you have to talk about you.”
In the doc, Steve Martin, who starred with Candy in “Planes, Trains and Automobiles” in 1987, shared that the comic’s skills have been so spectacular that it impressed John Hughes to write the 1989 film “Uncle Buck” for Candy.
John Candy in “Uncle Buck.” ©Universal/Courtesy Everett Collection
Macaulay Culkin also spoke in the documentary, touching on taking part in Candy’s nephew in the comedy.
“I think that’s why that’s one of my favorite performances, because I think he put a lot of himself into it,” the actor, 45, said in the doc. He added that a lot of actors “don’t know how or don’t like to work with kids” because they’re “tricky to work with,” but that “John was always really kind, and really good with” him and his on-screen sibling, actress Gaby Hoffmann.
“He showed a lot of respect. When you’re 8 years old, you don’t really get respect, whether it’s in a workplace or just from adults and grown-ups in general. You felt invited in,” Culkin expressed.
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