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14.06.2022 - 01:01 / etcanada.com
Tom Hanks is getting honest about his filmography.
The actor spoke with The New York Times about his role as Robert Langdon in “The Da Vinci Code” movies, a franchise he admits was “hooey”. When asked whether it was “cynical” to make two follow-up movies to the massive box office success that was “The Da Vinci Code”, Hanks said it was a “commercial enterprise”.
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“Oh, God, that was a commercial enterprise, Yeah, those Robert Langdon sequels are hooey. The Da Vinci Code was hooey,” he explained. “I mean, Dan Brown, God bless him, says, ‘Here is a sculpture in a place in Paris! No, it’s way over there. See how a cross is formed on a map? Well, it’s sort of a cross.’ Those are delightful scavenger hunts that are about as accurate to history as the James Bond movies are to espionage. But they’re as cynical as a crossword puzzle.”
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He continued, “All we were doing is promising a diversion. There’s nothing wrong with good commerce, provided it is good commerce. By the time we made the third one, we proved that it wasn’t such good commerce.”
The first film made $760 million against a $125 million budget, “Angels & Demons” made $485 million against a $150 million budget, and “Inferno” only made $220 million against a $75 million budget.
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While the films may have been merely diversions, Hanks still enjoyed his experience celebrating his birthday on the set of the film – the Louvre.
“Let me tell you something else about ‘The Da Vinci Code’. It was my 40th-something birthday. We were shooting in the
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Forty-plus years into his acting career, Tom Hanks is still going strong. He’s onscreen next as Colonel Tom Parker in Baz Luhrmann‘s “Elvis” as Presley’s manager, and after that, he’s in Marc Forster‘s “A Man Called Otto” and Wes Anderson‘s latest, “Asteroid City.” READ MORE: Tom Hanks Teases Shelved Dean Martin Biopic Directed By Martin Scorsese But in a recent interview with The New York Times Magazine, Hanks didn’t talk about his upcoming roles.
Elvis star and his wife can be seen leaving a restaurant in New York, before being approached by fans on the way.After Wilson was caused to trip up by fans asking for selfies, she was filmed firmly telling one person to “stop it”.Hanks then shouted, “That is my wife, back the fuck off,” before scorning the group for “knocking over my wife.”Take a look at the footage here:if Tom Hanks yelled and looked at me like that I think I would feel shame forever https://t.co/trExAgfRSh— i bless the rains down in castamere (@Chinchillazllla) June 16, 2022Meanwhile, Tom Hanks recently said he thinks he couldn’t play a gay lawyer in Philadelphia today.“Could a straight man do what I did in Philadelphia now? No, and rightly so,” Hanks told The New York Times Magazine.“The whole point of Philadelphia was don’t be afraid. One of the reasons people weren’t afraid of that movie is that I was playing a gay man.” Hanks added: “We’re beyond that now.”“I don’t think people would accept the inauthenticity of a straight guy playing a gay guy,” he went on.“It’s not a crime, it’s not boohoo, that someone would say we are going to demand more of a movie in the modern realm of authenticity.
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Things got more than a little tense between Tom Hanks and some fans.
Philadelphia today.Hanks earned a Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of Andrew Beckett, a gay attorney who was battling workplace discrimination after being diagnosed with AIDS.In a new interview with The New York Times Magazine published today (June 16), Hanks said it was “rightly so” that this was the case now, as Hollywood looks for more diversity in its casting.“Could a straight man do what I did in Philadelphia now? No, and rightly so,” Hanks told the publication.“The whole point of Philadelphia was don’t be afraid. One of the reasons people weren’t afraid of that movie is that I was playing a gay man.” Hanks added: “We’re beyond that now.”“I don’t think people would accept the inauthenticity of a straight guy playing a gay guy,” he went on.“It’s not a crime, it’s not boohoo, that someone would say we are going to demand more of a movie in the modern realm of authenticity.
the New York Times that both “Philadelphia” and his 1994 dramedy “Forrest Gump” were “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?’ ” Hanks asked. “No, and rightly so.
Getting protective. Tom Hanks stood up for his wife, Rita Wilson, when an excited crowd of fans caused her to nearly fall during a recent outing.
Tom Hanks was caught raging at a fan in defence of his wife Rita Wilson after she was nearly knocked over after leaving a New York restaurant.The 65 year old was heard shouting “back the f*** off” as he pushed away the overzealous suspect, who had bashed into Rita, 65, from behind in an attempt to get an autograph from the Castaway star as the pair entered the streets. Rita was seen in a clip from the incident looking panicked as she stumbled on the streets following the collision and raised her hands yelling: “stop it!” Tom then turned around and checked on his wife, before he shouted: "That is my wife.
Tom Hanks had to scream to protect his wife, Rita Wilson, after she was nearly knocked to the ground by a frenzy of fans.
Some 28 years ago, Tom Hanks won an Oscar for Philadelphia, in which he played a gay man seeking justice over being fired for his HIV status.
Zack Sharf Tom Hanks won his first Oscar for best actor thanks to Jonathan Demme’s 1993 legal drama “Philadelphia,” in which he plays a gay man with HIV who is discriminated against at work. Cut forward almost 30 years later, and Hanks says he or any fellow straight actor would no longer be able to play the openly gay character at the heart of “Philadelphia.” Not that at Hanks sees a problem with that change in mentality in Hollywood.“Let’s address ‘could a straight man do what I did in “Philadelphia” now?’ No, and rightly so,” Hanks recently told The New York Times Magazine.
Accepting change. Tom Hanks reflected on his lengthy career in a new interview, and he admitted that he probably wouldn’t take one of his Oscar-winning roles today.
Tom Hanks is happy to see progress being made for gay representation in Hollywood.