Andrew McCarthy and Son Sam on What They Learned From Each Other on 500-Mile Walk Through Spain (Exclusive)
Andrew McCarthy and his actor son, Sam, embarked on a five-week journey across Spain's Camino de Santiago, which is chronicled in McCarthy's latest memoir, The book details the father-son expedition along the 500-mile pilgrimage as they attempt to connect on a deeper level and have candid, honest conversations about their relationship, life, fame and more.The trek is one McCarthy, who became a household name with coming-of-age 1980s films like and , is familiar with. The actor embarked on the same walk about three decades earlier when he was much, much younger and recalled having a «life-changing» experience. «I always wanted to do it again and then as Sam was cusping adulthood, I thought it might be a great thing for us to do together,» McCarthy, 60, told ET's Rachel Smith in New York City in an exclusive sit-down with Sam, who most recently played Christina Applegate's TV son on . «I was in a very different place in my life,» McCarthy said of the first time he walked Spain when he was younger.