Andrew McCarthy Was ‘Constantly Surprised’ by Son Sam McCarthy While Traveling for New Book, Reveals Best Acting Advice
usmagazine.comPutting in the miles. When Andrew McCarthy set out to travel across Spain by foot, he was “shocked” that his son, Sam McCarthy, was interested in tagging along.The father-son duo spent 31 days walking the Camino de Santiago in northern Spain — a 500-mile journey. “I did it a quarter century ago when I was a young man and it changed my life.
It just changed my life,” the Pretty in Pink actor, 60, exclusively told Us Weekly ahead of the release of his book Walking With Sam. “It helped me realize how much, frankly, how much fear had sort of dominated my life in so many ways.
And it was very liberating to me.”Sam, now 21, was “approaching manhood” when Andrew got the urge to revisit the hike. “He was 19 and he was getting ready to leave the house, I just thought, ‘I didn’t want our relationship to end,’ you know?” the Less Than Zero star recalled. “And I just said, ‘One day I’m gonna walk across Spain again.
I need to do that again. For some reason. You want to come with me?’ And he said yes. And I was shocked by that.”The New Jersey native and his son took off for Spain days later. “I knew he would change his mind if I gave him a chance,” Andrew teased. “And I just wanted to be able to spend that time [with him].
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