Over the years, Ryan Reynolds has discussed some of the stars he admired at a young age, and John Candy is high on that list. In fact, Reynolds admired his fellow Canadian star so much that he even produced a documentary about Candy called I Like Me. That’s not the only way Reynolds has paid tribute to the late Uncle Buck icon, as he also honored him with Easter eggs placed within the Deadpool films. I’d honestly never caught all of these nods but, after learning about them, I find them incredibly sweet.
Ryan Reynolds recently appeared on Late Night with Seth Meyers to promote his new documentary. Meyers eventually pointed out that Reynolds peppered references to John Candy throughout the Deadpool trilogy. The first – and I can’t believe I didn’t know Reynolds previously discussed this tribute – is the book The Canadian Mounted. That piece of literature is what Candy’s Planes, Trains and Automobiles character, Del Griffith, reads in the movie. Check out a shot of Wade Wilson reading it in the superhero franchise’s second film:
