John Candy powered by a wild night time with Jack Nicholson to movie a basic scene in “Splash,” in line with the movie’s producer.
Oscar-winning producer Brian Grazer appeared on “The Rich Eisen Show” to speak about his new sports activities docuseries known as “The Dynasty: New England Patriots,” the place he was requested instantly, “Is it true John Candy was hungover for the racquetball scene?”
“Yes. For real he stayed out with Jack Nicholson until like four or five in the morning, and then he went right to work,” Grazer mentioned.
“John Candy had a lot of endurance, I mean really, a lot of endurance,” he added.
John Sweet had an extended night time out with Jack Nicolshon, in line with producer Brian Grazer, and got here to the set of “Splash” with a hangover. (Getty Photos)
“Splash,” directed by Grazer’s frequent collaborator Ron Howard, premiered in 1984, starring Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah, Eugene Levy and Sweet. Hanks’ character, Allen, falls for Madison (Hannah), a lady who’s secretly a mermaid, with Sweet taking part in Hanks’ onscreen brother.
Grazer famous that on the time, Sweet “was the most famous of all of them,” and would solely conform to do the function if he might meet Grazer and see “if there’s chemistry.”
“I went to a Mexican restaurant right across the street from Warner Bros. and he had 17 small rum and cokes,” he recalled. “He drank them like one after the next, and he just lit up and was fun, but never got sloppy. Just kept going.”
Grazer recalled a lunch he and Sweet had earlier than they labored collectively on “Splash,” the place the comic drank “17 small rum and cokes,” however “never got sloppy.” (Getty Photos)
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“The night with Nicholson, I believe he overdid it,” he added. “So he literally ran into the ball that hit him in the head.”
Within the scene Grazer referred to, Sweet and Hanks are taking part in racquetball as they talk about the mysterious girl Hanks’ character just lately met (Hannah, who occurs to be a mermaid). Sweet’s character is ingesting beer within the scene and struggling to maintain up, in the end taking a racquetball to the face and hitting the bottom.
Sweet, regardless of his hangover, filmed the racquetball scene in “Splash,” even letting the ball hit him within the face with few issues. (Patti Gower/Toronto Star through Getty Photos)
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Eisen requested if the hit to the face was actual, and Grazer confirmed it was.
“That was real. We knew we’d have to shoot it in two shots, but we didn’t have to, because the minute he hit that ball, it hit him right in the head, he couldn’t get out of the way of it,” Grazer mentioned, including, “it was lucky it didn’t hit him in the eye!”
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Sweet went on to movie extra basic comedies like “Planes, Trains, and Automobiles” and “Uncle Buck,” earlier than he died in 1994 on the age of 43 from a coronary heart assault in his sleep.
