Tom Hanks’ son Colin Hanks was nearly unrecognizable at the Toronto International Film Festival on Thursday evening.
The 47-year-old actor attended the world premiere of the documentary John Candy: I Like Me — which he directed — looked rail thin and sported a thick salt-and-pepper beard that marked a striking change from his usually clean-cut look.
Ryan Reynolds, 48, who produced the film, was also in attendance with his mother Tammy Reynolds.
Colin hit the red carpet in a navy-blue suit and button-up gray shirt that emphasized his seemingly slimmed-down figure.
He completed his look with stylish browline glasses and lustrous black leather shoes.
The nepo baby filmmaker, whom Tom shares with ex-wife Samantha Lewes, added a pair of retro-style dark-framed eyeglasses.
Tom Hanks’ son Colin Hanks was nearly unrecognizable at the Toronto International Film Festival on Thursday night. He hit the red carpet with a grizzled beard and slick short hair while looking thinner than ever; he’s pictured in 2022 on the left and on Thursday on the right
The 47-year-old actor attended the world premiere of the documentary John Candy: I Like Me, which he directed. Ryan Reynolds, 48, who produced the film, was also in attendance
Ryan made a stylish appearance in a brown corduroy suit and vintage-looking Canada T-shirt
Ryan made a stylish appearance in a brown corduroy suit and vintage-looking Canada T-shirt.
His mom flashed her megawatt smile as she posed with him, wearing a white blouse and skirt covered in black polka dots.
She added a long black cardigan, sparkly silver platforms shoes, and rocked her signature spiky, white-gray pixie haircut.
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Eugene Levy, 78, was another famous face at the star-studded event.
The Schitt’s Creek star, who was a frequent collaborator of John Candy’s, looked spiffy in his signature round, glossy black spectacles.
‘There’s no other place that we’d rather be than right here.
‘We had numerous conversations with various people about where would the dream place be to premiere this movie, and the truth is the answer resides in the lyrics of John’s favorite song: Oh, Canada, Our Home and Native Land,’ Colin said to the TIFF audience, per Deadline.
And Ryan added about the late comedic actor, ‘John, he left us in 1994. He might be the greatest, most beautiful man that I never met and I really genuinely would have given anything to meet this man.
Ryan was joined by his mother Tammy Reynolds
L-R John Candy’s daughter Jennifer Candy-Sullivan, Ryan, Coli, and John’s son Chris Candy
Eugene Levy, 78, was another famous face at the star-studded event
Eugene looked spiffy in his signature round, glossy black spectacles
The colleagues posed together with small mementos
‘I’ve been obsessed with him for a very long time, as many people know. My god damn suit is covered in John tonight.’
The production of John Candy: I Like Me was announced in 2022 by Ryan in 2022.
And the movie’s Amazon Prime Video acquisition was announced in February 2023.
The documentary was made with the full support of Candy’s wife Rosemary Margaret Hobor and children Jennifer, 45, and Chris, 40.
It will give insight into Candy’s private family life off-screen and feature never-before-seen home videos, archives and family interviews.
Colin’s father Tom and stepmother Rita Wilson starred with John in the 1985 film Volunteers.
John also appeared in 1984’s Splash alongside Tom and Daryl Hannah.