In a new John Candy documentary, Macaulay Culkin shares how the late actor was one of few Hollywood figures who checked on him regarding his difficult father.
For Macaulay Culkin, John Candy was more than a co-star.
Culkin, who appeared alongside Candy in 1989’s « Uncle Buck » and then again in 1990’s « Home Alone », spoke about the late comedic actor in a new documentary, revealing that he was one of the few people in Hollywood who checked in on him about his « monster » of a father, Christopher « Kit » Culkin.
« I think he always had that really great instinct », Culkin said in « John Candy: I Like Me », which premiered Thursday at the Toronto International Film Festival.
« I think he saw », he explained, per People. « Listen, even before the wave crested and the ‘Home Alone’ stuff was happening, it was not hard to see how difficult my father was. It was no secret. He was already a monster. »
Culkin has been open about the struggles he faced growing up in his father’s home – in a 2018 interview with Marc Maron, he called him a « bad man », claiming that he was « abusive, physically and mentally.
