United Kingdom, Sept. 5 -- Macaulay Culkin has praised the late John Candy for noticing his "monster" father's behaviour before anyone else.

The former child star had a notoriously difficult relationship with his dad, Kit Culkin, who was also his manager in the early days of his career, and he'll always be grateful for how much "care" and concern his Uncle Buck co-star - who died in 1994 aged 43 - showed for him on the set of the 1989 comedy.

Speaking in new documentary John Candy: I Like Me - which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on Thursday (04.09.25) - Entertainment Weekly reports Macaulay, now 45, said: "I think he always had that really great instinct. I think he saw. Listen, even before the wave crested and th...