Cool Runnings at 30, as told by its stars: 'They wanted us to sound like Sebastian the Crab'

FLASHBACKS: As the celebrated bobsled comedy hits its 30th birthday, Simon Bland speaks to its director and stars about John Candy’s on-set struggles, the controversy over the characters’ Jamaican accents, and the darker, sexier edges of the film’s original script

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