Tom Hanks is happy to go Forrest Gump That’s it.
Oscar winner reunites with his Forrest Gump Robin Wright’s new film co-stars with director Robert Zemeckis hererecently told new york times He’s glad the 1994 film didn’t get a sequel.
“It’s a remarkable fusion that stands on its own and never needs to be repeated,” he said of the film. “Thank God we never bothered to try and make another one. Why put a hat on a hat?
Forrest GumpHanks plays the eponymous character in the adaptation of the 1986 novel by late author Winston Groom. The film tells the story of Forrest Gump, an Alabama man with an IQ of 75, who longs to reunite with his childhood sweetheart, and his experiences from the 1950s to the 1970s.
Although the sequel was never adapted for the big screen, Groom did publish a sequel in 1995, Forrest Corporationfollowing the success of Forrest Gump.
Hanks said on the show happy sad confused In the 2022 podcast, they “did try to talk about another Forrest Gump,” however, it “lasted a full 40 minutes. He added, “And then we never…we said, ‘Guys, come on.'”
Elsewhere in his interview erathis asteroid city The actor added that he’s happy to see how special the film still is to people.
“I still get letters all the time that every year as a family we get together and we do what we did when it was first released on home video in 1995. We watch it, from beginning to end,” he said. “Right now, someone somewhere in the world is watching this movie from start to finish. It lands with that same sense of comfort and familiarity.
