One Stephen King adaptation from the 1990s would have been a very different film if it had starred John Candy, which was the original plan.Per CinemaBlend, the Scream Factory Blu-ray release of the 1996 movie Thinner included a commentary track with producer Mitchell Galin sharing some new insight into the film. According to Galin, John Candy was the first choice to play the film’s lead character. In fact, an offer was sent out to Candy prior to the beloved actor’s death in 1994, but he was apparently not interested. Galin isn’t exactly sure why Candy declined the film, noting how he didn’t “care” too much and quickly moved forward with the production.Galin added, “The fact is he didn’t spark to the material or didn’t want to do it; whatever the reason, you respect it, and you go, ‘These people make decisions all the time, make those creative decisions.’ And you got to be respectful that they know what they can do and what they can’t do. Sometimes they’re right, sometimes they’re wrong, but that’s not for you to make that determination. So, we did reach out to him, we didn’t get positive feedback, and then we started the process of looking for the lead, and I was a big fan of Robert Burke.”
One Stephen King adaptation from the 1990s would have been a very different film if it had starred John Candy, which was the original plan.
Per CinemaBlend, the Scream Factory Blu-ray release of the 1996 movie Thinner included a commentary track with producer Mitchell Galin sharing some new insight into the film. According to Galin, John Candy was the first choice to play the film’s lead character. In fact, an offer was sent out to Candy prior to the beloved actor’s death in 1994, but he was apparently not interested. Galin isn’t exactly sure why Candy declined the film, noting how he didn’t “care” too much and quickly moved forward with the production.
Galin added, “The fact is he didn’t spark to the material or didn’t want to do it; whatever the reason, you respect it, and you go, ‘These people make decisions all the time, make those creative decisions.’ And you got to be respectful that they know what they can do and what they can’t do. Sometimes they’re right, sometimes they’re wrong, but that’s not for you to make that determination. So, we did reach out to him, we didn’t get positive feedback, and then we started the process of looking for the lead, and I was a big fan of Robert Burke.”
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