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Tom Hanks has sparked skepticism and debate over his comments about why he couldn’t play his Oscar-winning role in “Philadelphia,” a gay man dying of AIDS, if the film were made to today. In an interview with the New York Times magazine to promote the new Elvis Presley biopic, Hanks called both “Philadelphia” and “Forrest Gump,” for which he won back-to-back Academy Awards in 1993 and 1994, “timely movies, at the time, that you might not be able to make now.” “Let’s address ‘Could a straight man do what I did in…

Footage has emerged of Tom Hanks shouting at fans who nearly knocked over his wife Rita Wilson, as they tried to get selfies and autographs with the famous couple.In the video, which was taken outside a restaurant in New York, Hanks, 65, and Wilson, 65, are seen walking towards a car while being pursued by fans with their phones out.As Hanks and Wilson near their car, one person appears to push into another fan who is walking directly behind Wilson. The man is then pushed into her, and she stumbles.Wilson can then be seen…

Tom Hanks has said that as a straight man he could not now make Philadelphia, in which he played a gay man who is dying of Aids.Speaking to the New York Times magazine to promote the new Elvis Presley biopic, Hanks called both Philadelphia – for which he won an Oscar in 1993 – and Forrest Gump – for which he repeated the trick a year later – as “timely movies, at the time, that you might not be able to make now”.“Let’s address ‘Could a straight man do what I did in Philadelphia now?’” said Hanks. “No, and rightly so. The…

Tom Hanks has said that he wouldn’t be able to play his Oscar-winning role as a gay man in Philadelphia if the film was made today.The actor won the first of his two Academy Awards in 1994 for his portrayal of a gay lawyer with Aids in the legal drama.At the following year’s ceremony, Hanks won another for his performance in Forrest Gump, playing the title character, a man with learning disabilities.In a new interview with the New York Times, the film star reflected on some of his past roles and their place in…

Tom Hanks is generally agreed to be one of our greatest living actors. He’s played numerous iconic roles, won more than one Oscar, and generally found good roles in good movies that critics love. He’s an actor who has generally avoided getting into the blockbuster tentpole franchise filmmaking machine, but there has been one exception, the three times he played Robert Langdon in movies based on the books of Dan Brown, like The Da Vinci Code. They have not been Hanks’ finest hours according to most critics, and Hanks…

Tom Hanks has defended Forrest Gump’s Oscars Best Picture victory from criticism.In 1995, the Robert Zemeckis film, which Hanks produced and starred in, was named as the best film of the previous year at the awards ceremony.However, over the years, it’s endured as an undeserving winner, not least because of a film it beat.The Best Picture nominees that year included Four Weddings and as Funeral, The Shawshank Redemption and Quiz Show – but it was the final film that many believe should have won the award: Quentin…

At the time, the Great Depression-era film "Road To Perdition" felt like a departure from Hanks' usual roles of relatable good guys. Before the film, we'd become used to seeing the actor portray lovable everymen such as Chuck Noland in "Cast Away." Instead, in "Road To Perdition," Hanks portrayed feared Irish mob enforcer Michael Sullivan, who travels on a path of revenge with his son after a horrible betrayal by his employers. The grizzled character is a more complex shade of murky gray. He's also…

Disney has released the first trailer for its forthcoming live-action Pinocchio remake starring Tom Hanks.The film will be released straight to Disney+ as part of the streamer’s Disney+ Day on 8 September.Benjamin Evan Ainsworth, Cynthia Erivo, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Keegan-Michael Key, Lorraine Bracco and Luke Evans are all set to star in the film alongside Hanks.The film is directed by Robert Zemeckis who previously worked with Hanks on Forrest Gump.Hanks plays Pinocchio’s creator, Geppetto the…

Tom Hanks Gets Candid About His Elvis Presley Biopic Character, The Shady Manager Colonel Tom Parker ( Photo Credit – Still from Elvis ) Oscar-winning Hollywood star Tom Hanks on Thursday opened up about Colonel Tom Parker, the not-so-reputable character he plays in ‘Elvis’, the Baz Luhrmann-helmed biopic that opened to a thunderous reception at the 75th Cannes Film Festival. The first question Hanks fielded from journalists, according to ‘Variety’, concerned his thick, and at times unintelligible,…

Elvis, which premiered at Cannes Film Festival 2022 on Wednesday, received a 12-minute standing ovation, the longest of this year’s festival so far. The cast and crew of the Baz Luhrmann-directed movie gathered to celebrate its world premiere at the festival. A clip of actor Tom Hanks from the night has surfaced on social media. In the 45-second video, Tom was seen making sure it was not him, but the film’s lead actor, Austin Butler, who remained in the spotlight. Read more: Deepika Padukone serves jaw-dropping look at…