Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah, and Ron Howard reunite to remember Splash, working with John Candy
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Josh Gad’s Reunited Apart web series has proven to be quite the delight, with the Frozen actor having used his considerable clout to bring together the casts and crews of the ‘80s classics upon which he was raised in an effort to raise money for various charities. We previously dropped in on his Goonies and Back To The Future reunions, and now we’re sharing his new get-together with the team behind 1984's Splash.
All the big names are here: Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah, and Eugene Levy are all on hand, as is director Ron Howard, producer Brian Grazer, and writers Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel.
The lively conversation unpacks Disney’s lack of clout at the time—Hanks describes the studio as “a junior college that was underfunded”—and the hours of gluey hell that went into putting on Hannah’s mermaid tail. Unsurprisingly, Hanks is a highlight, living up to his status as America’s dad by entering the conversation amidst a storm of technical snags.
Other highlights:
- Hannah revealing the lobster she inhales was filled with hearts of palm and mashed potatoes. She also cried the first time she had to hold it.
- Howard recalling the morning John Candy showed up to set still drunk after a night partying with Jack Nicholson.
- Everyone laughing at the idea of Hanks and Candy being cast as brothers.
- Ryan Reynolds swinging by at the end to say some kind words in tribute to Candy, one of his favorite actors.
If you’re not subscribed to Gad’s channel, you probably should be. This Sunday, he’s bringing together the cast of the Lord Of The Rings. Watch a preview below.
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For some reason, my favorite line of this movie has always been ‘I’ll be back! I’ll be back with nuclear weapons!’Eugene Levy is always such a delight.
For some reason, the line that sticks with me is Tom Hanks yelling “ANYWHERE BUT THE FIRST THREE ROWS!” at the wedding. It will just pop into my head apropos of nothing.
Ha! Yours is probably a lot more useful in real life than mine is.I like when Tom Hanks is coming into work after spending the first night with Madison singing Zip-a-dee-doo-dah and finishing the song with a mango on his shoulder. ‘Mr. Mango on my shoulder!’
I was just about to write the same thing.
“Freddy, dance with me!”“The teamsters are watching!”
When I was a kid, I didn’t like his character because he was the bad guy. Didn’t know him comedically until Comedy Central (then Ha!) began and played SCTV. And that one security guard movie with John Candy.
He kind of is until the end, really. I love his scenes on the boat and on the beach with his two idiot (and possibly inbred) assistants.
“We’re not twins!”
Just snickered at that. Perfect.
“What a week I’m having!” is, for me, the line that immediately jumps out whenever I think of this movie. The delivery is just so great.
I miss John Candy.
Something tells me he wasn’t that sorry.
Karma police nicked him later:
In the reunion video, Tom Hanks notes that John did that on the very first take.
My dream cosplay outfit. Door and all.
Hannah revealing the lobster she inhales was filled with hearts of palm and mashed potatoes.That sounds delicious.
What about it would make you cry if you held it? I don’t understand that part.
According to wiki, she’s been a vegetarian since she was 11. So holding a dead animal intended to be eaten (even a fake one) might well be upsetting for her.
I like the part in the reunion where she said she had the lobster brought out first so she could meet it. Unless I misheard her, that’s amazing.I don’t really eat lobster that much, but is that what happens in those restaurants where they have the lobsters in the tanks?
The night I met the woman I made my wife, we danced together all night to that song.I still tear up when turn on the radio and hear Hearts of Palm and Mashed Potatoes, remembering that it would eventually cost me half my stuff. Enjoy half a Camaro, Deidre!
Sir, this is the last Blockbuster on the planet.
What am I doing in Alaska?!
Buying weed or salmon fishing. Not a whole hell of a lot else to do, I reckon.
Not Alaska — Oregon.
I knew you made your wife out in the garage. I just knew it.
Well we knew someone would say that.
I’ve always imagined a version where Candy and Hanks reversed roles. It wouldn’t have been a hit film but it might have been better. I’d have paid good money to see Hanks in another film where he plays a sleazeball.
That’s what Roger Ebert said in his review — that to make a comedy you had to do something unexpected, and having the handsome fit guy also be the good guy is just too obvious. Of course Ebert in his prime resembled Candy more than Hanks, so maybe there was some projection going on.
Has Josh Gad sold this to Viacom yet?
I just watched the reunion on YouTube. Delightful, and for a worthy cause.
Utterly charming watch. I will forgive the dissing of JOE VERSUS THE VOLCANO, but just this once.
Man, I looked at my screen with such disdain! That movie is a classic. It’s got Abe Vigoda in it, for chrissakes.