Colin Hanks on his John Candy documentary: ‘Inspiring for me as an actor’

<p>Amazon’s John Candy: I Like Me looks back on the much-loved comedic actor’s life with contributions from Bill Murray, Steve Martin and Tom Hanks</p><p>The new <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/amazon">Amazon</a> documentary John Candy: I Like Me takes its title from a famous scene that happens surprisingly early in the 1987 comedy Planes, Trains and Automobiles.</p><p>In what is arguably Candy’s most beloved performance, he plays Del Griffith, a sweet-natured if initially irritating traveling salesman who winds up accompanying uptight Neal (Steve Martin) on a series of cross-country misadventures, attempting to get home for Thanksgiving.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oct/09/colin-hanks-on-his-john-candy-documentary-inspiring-for-me-as-an-actor">Continue reading...</a>