The Stephen King adaptation that almost starred John Candy

The Stephen King adaptation that almost starred John Candy

Rarely has the throwaway phrase ‘larger than life’ been more applicable to an actor than the Canadian comedy star John Candy, whose light burned twice as bright for half as long in a historic run of movies in the 1980s. Candy, the recent subject of an acclaimed documentary called I Like Me, directed by Tom Hanks’ son Colin, was the former TV sketch comic who dominated mainstream comedy movies during that decade, including some classics written a…