Macaulay Culkin has nothing but love for the late John Candy.
The 45-year-old actor starred alongside John in the 1989 comedy Uncle Buck. In the new Colin Hanks-directed documentary John Candy: I Like Me, Macaulay is featured sharing what it was like working with the comedy icon.
According to Macaualay, John was the first person to notice his father’s “monster” behavior before it really reached its peak.
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“He showed a lot of respect. When you’re 8 years old, you don’t really get respect, whether it’s in a workplace or just from adults and grown-ups in general. You felt invited in,” Macaualay said in the documentary, Entertainment Weekly reports. The actor also spoke about how John was unlike other actors who “don’t like” to work with kids.
“I think he always had that really great instinct,” Macaualay went on to say. “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.”
Macaulay said that on the set of Uncle Buck, John was among the first people to take notice of his father Kit Culkin‘s behavior.
“I think John was looking a little side-eyed, like, ‘Is everything alright over there? You doing good? Good day? Everything’s alright? Everything good at home? Alright,’” Macaulay recalled, saying the actor checking on him like that was “a testament to the kind of man he was.”
“I remember John caring when not a lot of people did,” Macaulay said.
If you missed it, Macaulay recently spoke about how he’s raising his own children.
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