I literally called Rick Moranis the same day and sent him the script the same day that Candy had turned it down.
I remember sending it to Candy because I had just worked with him on Stripes. John didn’t get it.
Rick called me like two hours after he got it, and he said, ‘Please thank Candy for turning this down.
The original screenplay, we wrote it for John Candy.
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