{"id":269,"date":"2025-09-06T17:44:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T17:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/good-worldwide.go-vip.net\/upworthy\/2025\/09\/06\/macaulay-culkin-john-candy-documentary\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T17:44:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T17:44:00","slug":"macaulay-culkin-john-candy-documentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/2025\/09\/06\/macaulay-culkin-john-candy-documentary\/","title":{"rendered":"Macaulay Culkin recalls John Candy flagging his dad&#8217;s &#8216;monster&#8217; behavior before anyone else"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><u><\/u>Comedy legend John Candy was honored in the emotional new <u><\/u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiff.net\/films\/john-candy-i-like-me\" target=\"_blank\">documentary<\/a> <em>John Candy: I Like Me<\/em><em><em><\/em><\/em>, which premiered at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiff.net\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto International Film Festival<\/a> on Thursday. <\/p><p>In it, a slew of famous folks that once shared the screen with Candy\u2014including Dan Aykroyd, Tom Hanks, Macaulay Culkin, Martin Short, Steve Martin, Catherine O\u2019Hara, and Andrea Martin\u2014shared touching memories that further solidify the late actor as not only a once-in-a-generation talent, but a truly good human being as well. <\/p><p>One standout story comes from Culkin, who recalled Candy having a \u201cpaternal\u201d instinct for the former child actor while working together on <em><\/em>John Hughes\u2019 <em>Uncle Buck<\/em> in 1989\u2014especially when it came to protecting Culkin from his <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/03\/31\/entertainment\/macaulay-culkin-calls-estranged-dad-a-narcissist-abusive\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">estranged<\/a> father, Christopher &#8220;Kit&#8221; Culkin. <\/p><p class=\"shortcode-media shortcode-media-youtube\">        \t\t<div class=\"embed-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-has-aspect-ratio \"> \n\t\t\t\t<div style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/JpxKsjkaDj8\/hqdefault.jpg)\" class=\"rkv-video-placeholder \" data-provider=\"youtube\" data-video-id=\"JpxKsjkaDj8\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button aria-label=\"Play video\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg width=\"17\" height=\"20\" viewBox=\"0 0 17 20\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<path d=\"M16.5 9.75047C16.5006 10.0051 16.4353 10.2556 16.3105 10.4775C16.1856 10.6995 16.0055 10.8853 15.7875 11.017L2.28 19.2802C2.05227 19.4196 1.79144 19.4957 1.52445 19.5007C1.25746 19.5056 0.993989 19.4392 0.76125 19.3083C0.530728 19.1794 0.338696 18.9914 0.204904 18.7637C0.0711107 18.536 0.000385179 18.2768 0 18.0127V1.48828C0.000385179 1.22417 0.0711107 0.964934 0.204904 0.737222C0.338696 0.509511 0.530728 0.321545 0.76125 0.192655C0.993989 0.0617322 1.25746 -0.00468706 1.52445 0.0002572C1.79144 0.00520146 2.05227 0.0813301 2.28 0.220781L15.7875 8.4839C16.0055 8.6156 16.1856 8.80145 16.3105 9.0234C16.4353 9.24534 16.5006 9.49582 16.5 9.75047Z\" fill=\"white\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t                        <\/p><p>&#8220;I think [Candy] always had that really great instinct. I think he saw. Listen, even before the wave crested and the <em><em>Home Alone<\/em><\/em> stuff was happening, it was not hard to see how difficult my father was. It was no secret. He was already a monster,&#8221; Culkin said in the documentary, as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/macaulay-culkin-says-john-candy-was-one-of-the-first-to-notice-that-his-father-was-a-monster-11804067\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><u><em><em>People<\/em><\/em><\/u><\/a>.<\/p><p>&#8220;All of a sudden, the fame and the money came, and he became an <em><em>infamous<\/em><\/em> monster,&#8221; Culkin said. &#8220;He was already not a good guy. I think John was looking a little side-eyed, like, &#8216;Is everything alright over there? You doing good? Good day? Everything&#8217;s alright? Everything good at home? Alright.'&#8221;<\/p><p>Culkin commended that behavior as &#8220;a testament to the kind of man he was,&#8221; noting that \u201cit doesn&#8217;t happen that often. 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It&#8217;s important that I remember that,&#8221; Culkin said. &#8220;I remember John caring when not a lot of people did.\u201d<\/p><p>Culkin also recalled that Candy displayed a lot of respect for the former child star and his on-screen sister, Gaby Hoffmann. <\/p><p>\u201cWhen you&#8217;re eight years old, you don&#8217;t really get respect, whether it&#8217;s in a workplace or just from adults and grown-ups in general. You felt invited in [by Candy],&#8221; he shared. <\/p><p>While <em>Uncle Buck<\/em> didn\u2019t go on to achieve great critical acclaim, Candy&#8217;s portrayal of the titular character is beloved by fans and is often celebrated for its comedic and heartwarming elements\u2014helping turn him into a bona fide star of the 80s. <\/p><p>Colin Hanks, who created the documentary, met Candy as a kid. In 1984, his father, Tom Hanks, starred with Candy in the romantic comedy <em><em>Splash<\/em><\/em>. 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