With his decades of expertise and several blockbusters to his credit, Tom Hanks is one of the most revered people in the whole entertainment world. With numerous accolades and making billions in worldwide box office revenue from his films attests to his success. He is recognized as a Hollywood icon and has a huge fan base and fan following.
Tom Hanks has produced numerous box office hits, ascended to the top of the business, and gained a tremendous amount of notoriety and acclaim. One of his major blockbusters was Catch Me If You Can, but he was not in the original draft of the movie and had to force himself into the project and it turned out to be a major success.
Tom Hanks Had to Force Himself Into Catch Me If You Can
Tom Hanks is unquestionably one of the most well-known and adored performers in the entire industry and has delivered several fantastic performances throughout his career. In addition, his followers were enamored with his flexible and easygoing performing nature, which made it inevitable that she would become very famous and earn billions of dollars from worldwide box offices.
Tom Hanks has provided a variety of roles in varied genres but one of his most fan-loved roles came from Catch Me If You Can. But according to recent sources, the actor was not cast by Steven Spielberg to play the role of Carl Hanratty but it was the actor who pleaded with the director for the role of the detective. His cast in the movie turned out to be the turning point for the project as it was a major success.
“Tom had read the script as a writing sample and called me and Walter Parkes, the co-producer, and said, ‘Can I be in this movie? Do you think Steven would let me play the FBI agent? I really know who this guy is.’ And then Tom called me and he said, ‘Can I kinda horn in here?’And I said, my God, what do you mean horn in?”
Steven Spielberg shared during an interview with Roger Ebert that Hanks invited himself into the project as he was really intrigued by the script of the movie and eagerly wanted an active part in it. The Forrest Gump actor not only approached the director and the co-producer, but also the lead role of the movie, Leonardo DiCaprio, and persuaded him for his gentle intrusion.
Tom Hanks Nearly Turned Down Saving Private Ryan
When Saving Private Ryan was first released in the 1990s, the movie immediately became a classic with its tale of a group of brothers saving one of their privates from enemy fire. Tom Hanks and the movie director Steven Spielberg both received immense praise from critics for their steady success.
Although the actor was nominated for an Academy Award for Saving Private Ryan, there was a time when Hanks was hesitant to join the film, The actor admitted in a later interview that he and Steven Spielberg had a solid friendship and he did not want to lose or endanger it because of a movie, even though he went forward with the production.
The movie was a major commercial success as it earned a total of $481.8 million at the worldwide box office against a budget of $70 million. Moreover, Saving Private Ryan went on to win five Oscars and received a high rating of 8.6/10 on IMDB and 94% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Source: Roger Bert
