{"id":120355,"date":"2025-09-04T22:19:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T22:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/120355\/"},"modified":"2025-09-04T22:19:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T22:19:10","slug":"john-candy-i-like-me-trailer-canadian-actors-life-explored-in-documentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/120355\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018John Candy: I Like Me\u2019 trailer \u2014 Canadian actor\u2019s life explored in documentary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>Fans of the late Canadian comedian <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/john-candy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">John Candy<\/a> will get an intimate look at the beloved actor\u2019s life and legacy in upcoming documentary John Candy: I Like Me.\u00a0The trailer dropped on Thursday, right before its world premiere at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The documentary, directed by Colin Hanks,\u00a0shares never-before-seen home videos and candid recollections from his collaborators to help paint a bigger, more complete picture of the iconic actor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve made winning my whole life,\u201d Candy says in the clip. \u201cAnd when you make winning your whole life, you have to keep on winning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1756402221_230_national.jpg\" alt=\"For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet breaking National news<\/p>\n<p>For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.<\/p>\n<p>Candy\u2019s\u00a0Stripes co-star <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/Bill-Murray\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Bill Murray<\/a> begins the trailer, saying,\u00a0\u201cI can\u2019t tell you what was right about John Candy, or what was wrong. But he was my friend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd \u2026 I don\u2019t wanna cry, but when you see him, when you see his face\u2026\u201d Murray continues as he begins to tear up.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The trailer offers a glimpse of Candy\u2019s childhood in Toronto and memories recounted by his family, and features <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/Cynthia-Erivo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Cynthia Erivo<\/a>\u2018s original recording of Every Time You Go Away.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven though John did distinctly different characters, John was always there,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/Catherine-OHara\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Catherine O\u2019Hara<\/a> says.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11392536\/manitoba-rcmp-hollow-water-incident\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1757024349_503_Image-2025-09-04T123126.033.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t2 dead, including suspect, and multiple injuries after stabbing incident in Manitoba\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11392739\/lisbon-portugal-funicular-crash-canadian-injured\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1f4c98b2177e69332a39d71426ea0f3d4873cd4d47f0f8eca716d28f800c1d3a.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t2 Canadians missing after Lisbon funicular crash, GAC says\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The emotional trailer also includes heartfelt testimonies from Candy\u2019s co-stars and friends, including <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/Steve-Martin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Steve Martin<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/Eugene-Levy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Eugene Levy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/tom-hanks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Tom Hanks<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/Martin-Short\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Martin Short<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/Dan-Aykroyd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Dan Aykroyd<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/Macaulay-Culkin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Macaulay Culkin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The doc is set to kick off the 50th TIFF. Candy\u2019s family will walk the red carpet alongside the opening-night film\u2019s executive producer, <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/Ryan-Reynolds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Ryan Reynolds<\/a>, and director Hanks.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018John Candy: I Like Me\u2019 launches globally Oct. 10 on Prime Video.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 With files from The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Entertainment<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Descrease article font size Increase article font size Fans of the late Canadian comedian John Candy will get&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":120356,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[49,48,75,49228,337],"class_list":["post-120355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-john-candy","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120355\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}