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

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

The new Amazon 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.

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.