There are exactly two Thanksgiving movies in this life so far, and both are John Hughes classics: Dutch, of which I still think Op and I are the only two people who've ever seen it, and of course the much beloved Planes, Trains and Automobiles. Nice factoid from that flick:
In John Hughes: A Life in Film, Kirk Honeycutt wrote that one actor, who played a truck driver, was only supposed to have one line and work for one day. Hughes chose to keep him on standby. The actor ended up working enough days while the crew waited for the snow to come that he was able to make a down payment on a house. It’s very possible this was Troy Evans, who was uncredited, as the shy truck driver in the movie. He went on to appear, credited, on ER for the show’s final five seasons as Frank Martin.
"Uncredited"?!!!??! WTF? Whatever amount of cash that guy got he deserved it; totally nailed that fucking scene :)
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