
Reitman shot a proof of concept by performing the grandfather scene with his own daughter. Reiner confessed that he said yes even though he wasn’t entirely sure what Reitman had in mind when he proposed the idea. “If you already know the movie, that’s what makes it fun.


“I wouldn’t think this is the best way to introduce someone to the film,” Reiner joked-but he isn’t worried about the handmade version overshadowing the original. It seems to have stood the test of time,” Reiner said. And the biggest kick I get out of it is that kids who saw it when they were eight or nine years old have kids that age now, and they’re seeing it and liking it. “What’s nice about it is that I made a film that’s lasted so long.
