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Batman Forever [1995] |
| Tom HanksTom Hanks was the first choice to replace Michael KeatonMichael Keaton as Batman. |
Big [1988] |
| Tom HanksTom Hanks was the first choice to play Josh Baskin but was unavailable due to scheduling conflicts with the films Dragnet and Punchline. Robert De NiroRobert De Niro was then offered the lead role, and was rejected because his salary demand ($6 million) was too high. Tom HanksTom Hanks then became available and accepted the lead role for $2 million. David MoscowDavid Moscow was originally cast not as young Josh, but as Billy, since he didn't look like Robert De NiroRobert De Niro. When Tom HanksTom Hanks was given the role, David MoscowDavid Moscow was recast as young Josh wearing colored contact lenses to match the eye color of Tom HanksTom Hanks. |
| According to [?] Monica Rushton, Jared RushtonJared Rushton (Billy), David MoscowDavid Moscow (little Josh) and Tom HanksTom Hanks (big Josh) were put in a room with a bunch of toys to play with. Having silly string, they tried to use it to gross each other out and that is how the silly string scene between Jared RushtonJared Rushton and Tom HanksTom Hanks appeared in the movie. |
| To give star Tom HanksTom Hanks an idea of how a 12 year-old would behave, director Penny MarshallPenny Marshall filmed each "grown-up" scene with David MoscowDavid Moscow (Young Josh) playing Tom HanksTom Hanks's part, who then copied David MoscowDavid Moscow's behavior. Also, in preparation for the role, Tom HanksTom Hanks met David MoscowDavid Moscow and studied videotapes of him to see how he behaved and spoke. Tom HanksTom Hanks also felt that David MoscowDavid Moscow should just be himself so that the Josh Baskin character persona would be that of a real 12-year-old. |
| According to actor Robert LoggiaRobert Loggia, on the day they filmed the famous keyboard scene at F.A.O. Schwarz, he and Tom HanksTom Hanks noticed that doubles dressed like them were on hand just in case the two could not do the dance moves correctly. It became their goal to do the entire keyboard number without the aid of the doubles. They succeeded. |
Star Trek: First Contact [1996] |
| Although the role of Zefram Cochrane was actually written for James CromwellJames Cromwell, Tom HanksTom Hanks was originally considered for the role, but the filming of this movie coincided with the filming of That Thing You Do! which prevented him from taking the part. |
Ghost [1990] |
| When it came time to cast the film, writer Bruce Joel RubinBruce Joel Rubin suggested Patrick SwayzePatrick Swayze for the role of Sam Wheat. Director Jerry ZuckerJerry Zucker felt that Swayze was completely wrong for the part. Many actors that included Tom HanksTom Hanks, Tom CruiseTom Cruise, Kevin BaconKevin Bacon, Al PacinoAl Pacino, Bruce WillisBruce Willis, Harrison FordHarrison Ford and Alec BaldwinAlec Baldwin were all offered the part but all turned it down feeling that playing a ghost would be cheesy. Zucker then decided to audition Swayze though he thought he would blow the audition. To Zucker's surprise, Swayze did a great audition and he was cast immediately in the part. |
Groundhog Day [1993] |
| Director Harold RamisHarold Ramis originally wanted Tom HanksTom Hanks for the lead role, but decided against it, saying that Hanks was "too nice". |
The Money Pit [1986] |
| For the scene with the bathtub falling two floors down after being filled with water, Tom HanksTom Hanks does a obnoxious laugh. This clip of him laughing is commonly used for the Universal back-lot tour when the tour guides joke with the visitors. |
Sleepless in Seattle [1993] |
| The scene between Tom HanksTom Hanks and Victor GarberVictor Garber crying over the movie The Dirty Dozen was completely improvised during the take. |
| Meg RyanMeg Ryan and Tom HanksTom Hanks only share approximately two minutes screen time together. |
| Parker PoseyParker Posey was originally cast in the movie but later cut. She appeared with Meg RyanMeg Ryan and Tom HanksTom Hanks years later in You've Got Mail. Dennis QuaidDennis Quaid was considered for the male lead. Jason SchwartzmanJason Schwartzman auditioned for the role of Jonah Baldwin |
| The silhouette of the couple on the box of chocolates in a shop window outside Annie's house is, in fact, a silhouette of Tom HanksTom Hanks and Meg RyanMeg Ryan. |
| The second of three films that Tom HanksTom Hanks and Meg RyanMeg Ryan have made together. |
| Garry MarshallGarry Marshall was originally slated to direct the film. He is the brother of actor/director Penny MarshallPenny Marshall, who directed Tom HanksTom Hanks in Big and A League of Their Own. She is the ex-wife of Rob ReinerRob Reiner, who plays Jay in the film. |
Splash [1984] |
| Before Tom HanksTom Hanks accepted the role of Allen Bauer, it had already been turned down by John TravoltaJohn Travolta, Bill MurrayBill Murray and Dudley MooreDudley Moore. |
Toy Story [1995] |
| What attracted Tom HanksTom Hanks to the role of Woody, was during his childhood he would always wonder if his toys were alive and moved around when nobody was in his room. What attracted Tim AllenTim Allen to the role of Buzz Lightyear, was before him they offered the role to his biggest influence in his career, Chevy ChaseChevy Chase, who turned it down. |
Toy Story 2 [1999] |
| For the scene where Woody looks at the merchandise from Woody's Roundup, mock-ups of the toys were shown to Tom HanksTom Hanks in the recording booth. Hanks' spontaneous reactions to the toys were recorded and used for Woody's dialogue. |
| When Jessie (Joan CusackJoan Cusack) first meets Woody (Tom HanksTom Hanks), she exclaims, "Sweet mother of [?] Abraham Lincoln!" Lincoln's mother was [?] Nancy Hanks, a blood relative of Tom HanksTom Hanks. Tom is a direct descendant of an uncle of Nancy. |
| This was the first sequel for Tom HanksTom Hanks and Tim AllenTim Allen. |
You've Got Mail [1998] |
| Joe Fox (Tom HanksTom Hanks) is obsessed with The Godfather, and frequently uses dialogue from it to shape his philosophy on life. In the Coppola Restoration Godfather DVDs, Alec BaldwinAlec Baldwin claims that Hanks and Rob ReinerRob Reiner are both Godfather aficionados who have been known to host viewing parties where the attendees do drinking games and quote famous lines while watching the film. |
| The scene where Joe accidentally closes the door of Kathleen's shop on the balloons was unscripted. Tom HanksTom Hanks actually did that, and ad libbed the line, "Good thing it wasn't the fish." The director thought it was so funny that she kept it in. |
| This is the third time that Meg RyanMeg Ryan and Tom HanksTom Hanks act together, the previous two being: Joe Versus the Volcano and Sleepless in Seattle. |
The 'burbs [1989] |
| Ray Peterson's (Tom HanksTom Hanks) final "It's not them. It's us!" rant is used in Portland, Oregon musician Eluvium (Matthew Cooper)'s song {As I Drift Off} on his 2006 album [When I Live by the Garden and the Sea]. |
Forrest Gump [1994] |
| Every still picture of Forrest during this film shows Tom HanksTom Hanks with his eyes closed. However, when Forrest first learns to play ping-pong in the infirmary, he is told the trick is to "keep his eye on the ball" by another soldier. After that moment, whenever he is shown playing ping-pong, he never blinks. |
| Gary SiniseGary Sinise's character tells Tom HanksTom Hanks's character that the day Forrest works on a shrimp boat is the day he'd be an astronaut. This is a reference to the book, where Forrest actually becomes an astronaut, and the following year, Sinise and Hanks appeared together as astronauts in Apollo 13. Gary SiniseGary Sinise is also the commander/narrator of the ride "Mission: Space in Epcot" in Walt DisneyWalt Disney World, and also starred as an astronaut in Mission to Mars. |
| The line, "My name is Forrest Gump. People call me Forrest Gump," was ad libbed by Tom HanksTom Hanks while filming the scene and director Robert ZemeckisRobert Zemeckis liked it so much that he decided to keep it in. |
| When Forrest gets up to talk at the Vietnam rally in Washington, the microphone plug is pulled and you cannot hear him. According to Tom HanksTom Hanks, he says, "Sometimes when people go to Vietnam, they go home to their mommas without any legs. Sometimes they don't go home at all. That's a bad thing. That's all I have to say about that." |
| The actor who plays the reporter on the scene when Tom HanksTom Hanks visits Washington DC after his tour in Vietnam was, himself, an actual tourist from Atlanta, Georgia. He happened to be on Capitol Hill that day with his wife, and was asked to read. |
| Tom HanksTom Hanks signed onto the film after an hour and a half of reading the script but agreed to take the role only on the condition that the film was historically accurate. He initially wanted to ease Forrest's pronounced Southern accent, but was eventually persuaded by director Robert ZemeckisRobert Zemeckis to portray the heavy accent stressed in the novel and patterned his accent after Michael Conner HumphreysMichael Conner Humphreys (young Forrest) who actually talked that way. |
| Following the success of the movie, Winston GroomWinston Groom wrote a sequel novel, 'Gump & Co.' (1995), which referenced the movie as if it had been released in Forrest's world (he mentions that the movie was inaccurate - that is, compared to the first novel's canon - and brought him unwanted press attention). Forrest also meets Tom HanksTom Hanks in the novel. Due to the massive success of the movie, talk of a sequel naturally arose. However, at the time, Tom HanksTom Hanks adamantly refused to work in any sequel (and making the sequel with another actor was not a consideration). Although Hanks has since reconsidered his stance on sequels/prequels (Toy Story 2, Toy Story 3, Angels & Demons), a sequel remained in "development hell" for years. As of 2010, Gump & Co. is in development. |
My Big Fat Greek Wedding [2002] |
| Tom HanksTom Hanks's wife, Rita WilsonRita Wilson, saw the play and recommended that her husband produce a movie version. In an interview with the German magazine "Cinema", Nia VardalosNia Vardalos mentioned that she hung up when Hanks called, because she didn't believe it was really him. |
| The song playing at the wedding reception, "All My Only Dreams", first appeared in That Thing You Do! which was written, directed, and produced by Tom HanksTom Hanks, who also produced this film. |
Apollo 13 [1995] |
| Tom HanksTom Hanks is too tall at 6'1" to be an astronaut. The maximum height for an astronaut is 6'0". |
Muppets Most Wanted [2014] |
| In the song 'We're Doing a Sequel', Gonzo mentions that they're waiting for Tom HanksTom Hanks to make Toy Story 4, most likely as a joke. Interestingly enough, Toy Story 4 was announced later that year (2014) for a 2017 release date. |
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice [2016] |
| After seeing his performance in Cloud Atlas, the studio wanted Tom HanksTom Hanks to portray Lex Luthor. |
That Thing You Do: Tom Hanks' Extended Cut [1996] |
| According to Tom HanksTom Hanks, Charlize TheronCharlize Theron was the first actress to audition for her part and the first person to be cast in the movie. |
| Tom HanksTom Hanks claimed that he wrote the script while on the promotional tour for Forrest Gump due to his boredom doing non-stop interviews. |
| Tom HanksTom Hanks's writer-directorial film debut. Film debut of Tom Everett ScottTom Everett Scott. Tom HanksTom Hanks was initially opposed to hiring Scott because of Scott's strong resemblance to a younger Hanks. He was finally convinced by his wife, Rita WilsonRita Wilson, who thought Scott was cute. |
| The characters Jimmy Mattingly (played by Johnathon SchaechJohnathon Schaech) and Lenny Haise (played by Steve ZahnSteve Zahn) of The Wonders have the same last names of the two astronauts Ken Mattingly and Fred Haise in the movie Apollo 13, which Tom HanksTom Hanks starred in. |
That Thing You Do: Theatrical Cut [1996] |
| Tom HanksTom Hanks claimed that he wrote the script while on the promotional tour for Forrest Gump due to his boredom doing non-stop interviews. |
| Tom HanksTom Hanks's writer-directorial film debut. Film debut of Tom Everett ScottTom Everett Scott. Tom HanksTom Hanks was initially opposed to hiring Scott because of Scott's strong resemblance to a younger Hanks. He was finally convinced by his wife, Rita WilsonRita Wilson, who thought Scott was cute. |
| The characters Jimmy Mattingly (played by Johnathon SchaechJohnathon Schaech) and Lenny Haise (played by Steve ZahnSteve Zahn) of The Wonders have the same last names of the two astronauts Ken Mattingly and Fred Haise in the movie Apollo 13, which Tom HanksTom Hanks starred in. |
| According to Tom HanksTom Hanks, Charlize TheronCharlize Theron was the first actress to audition for her part and the first person to be cast in the movie. |
That Thing You Do: Extended Cut [1996] |
| According to Tom HanksTom Hanks, Charlize TheronCharlize Theron was the first actress to audition for her part and the first person to be cast in the movie. |
| Tom HanksTom Hanks claimed that he wrote the script while on the promotional tour for Forrest Gump due to his boredom doing non-stop interviews. |
| Tom HanksTom Hanks's writer-directorial film debut. Film debut of Tom Everett ScottTom Everett Scott. Tom HanksTom Hanks was initially opposed to hiring Scott because of Scott's strong resemblance to a younger Hanks. He was finally convinced by his wife, Rita WilsonRita Wilson, who thought Scott was cute. |
| The characters Jimmy Mattingly (played by Johnathon SchaechJohnathon Schaech) and Lenny Haise (played by Steve ZahnSteve Zahn) of The Wonders have the same last names of the two astronauts Ken Mattingly and Fred Haise in the movie Apollo 13, which Tom HanksTom Hanks starred in. |
The West Wing: Season 4 [2002] |
| 20 Hours in America: Part I - A line from President Bartlet's speech memorializing the bombing victims, "the streets of heaven are too crowded with angels tonight," was taken from Tom HanksTom Hanks's 1993 acceptance speech for his Best Actor Oscar for Philadelphia. Ironically, this happens in the same episode in which Sam says, "Good writers borrow from other writers. Great writers steal outright". This is a variation on a quotation by [?] Pablo Picasso: "Good artists copy. Great artists steal." (Ironically, one of Sorkin's lines from this episode--"Every time we think we've measured our capacity to meet a challenge, we look up and we are reminded that that capacity may well be limitless"--was plagiarized during an NBC sports feature airing directly before the 2006 Kentucky Derby. The freelance writer who wrote the line was fired. |
Jumanji [1995] |
| Tom HanksTom Hanks, Dan AykroydDan Aykroyd, Chevy ChaseChevy Chase, Kevin CostnerKevin Costner, Sean ConnerySean Connery, Harrison FordHarrison Ford, Mel GibsonMel Gibson, Michael KeatonMichael Keaton, Bill PaxtonBill Paxton and Arnold SchwarzeneggerArnold Schwarzenegger were all considered for the role of Alan Parrish. Tom HanksTom Hanks' son Colin HanksColin Hanks appears in the sequel as an adult Alex Vreeke in Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017). |
Dumbo [2019] |
| Bill HaderBill Hader, Chris PineChris Pine and Casey AffleckCasey Affleck were also considered for the role of the father, but passed on it before Colin FarrellColin Farrell was cast. In April 2017, Michael KeatonMichael Keaton joined the cast, rounding out the few prominent "adult" live-action roles. Tom HanksTom Hanks was reportedly in discussions for the role before Keaton was cast. |
| Will SmithWill Smith and Tom HanksTom Hanks were approached for roles. Smith was interested but backed out to do Bad Boys for Life (2020) and would later sign on for Aladdin (2019). Hanks was courted for a villain role, but turned it down to film Greyhound (2020). |
Toy Story 4 [2019] |
| Speaking to [?] Graham Norton, Tom HanksTom Hanks revealed voicing the latest, and perhaps last, Toy Story film was especially emotionally exhausting saying: "It was terrible. I started recording Woody in 1991 and each film takes about four years. "It was my very last session and when I'd said the last line they said, 'Okay, great, thanks,' and just like that 24 years was over. All I could say was 'Oh my, oh my' over and over again and my bottom lip started quivering. I got in my car and drove away with the music playing and the credits rolling in my head." Finding the voicework tiring, he said: "I never began a recording session without wishing it was already over. Woody is clenched all the time. It's exhausting." . |