As Ryan Reynolds gives the late John Candy life and the career of documentary processing, he learns a lot about the legend of Canadian comedy.
The Nominé de Golden Globe recently shared an update on the Doc he does with Colin Hanks through the Maximum production company of Reynolds, which he announced in October 2022, qualifying Candy “as resonating now as him” before his death at the age of 43 in 1994.
“I can meet heroes,” he said this week The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. “There were a group of eight to ten people who were really creators defining generation, and it’s wonderful to speak to the storytellers of a handsome man, who was a beautiful storyteller, who went to 43 years, far too young.”
Reynolds added candy: “He was so generous with people, and he was a good person when nobody looked at. And I think it’s really important. “
THE Deadpool and Wolverine Star announced the documentary on Twitter in 2022. “With John Candy tending, I will just say that I like him. So much, @MaximUMEFORT works on a documentary on his life with @colinhanks. Expect tears,” he wrote at the time.
John Candy’s son Christopher confirmed the news in a quote tweet, as his daughter Jennifer wrote: “Boom! So I can’t wait to work with them and our family. This project is in large hands. “
Reynolds previously paid tribute to Candy for the 25th anniversary of her death in 2022, sharing a coil of some of her most memorable moments on the screen. “This is the 25th anniversary of John Candy’s death,” he wrote. “We have prepared a small tribute to a comic genius and the Canadian hero. If you have not seen a lot of his work, take a look at his films. It was a treasure.”
On March 4, 1994, Candy died in his sleep after undergoing a heart attack, during the shooting Wagons is in Durango, Mexico.
