Often cited as one of the most important films of his career, Forrest Gump demanded true sacrifice and unwavering commitment from Tom Hanks. A truly composite role, this unique character in cinema, which he carved out from scratch with Robert Zemecki, forced him to use all his talents as an actor, but also to exceed his physical limits.
Indeed, as he recently told the microphone New Yorker LiveIn particular, the famous series of feature films tried to capture it: the one where Forrest, “for no particular reason”, is starting to roll out across the United States. Even if Tom Hanks, contrary to his character, did not run for 3 years, two months, 14 days and 16 hours, the ordeal was still shocking for him:
“I was really tired because we had to shoot for 27 days in a row”The actor confided in this.
“Remember how Forrest runs across the country? Well, there’s only one way to shoot those scenes. You have to fly to the damn place, get dressed, run for an hour and a half, and then come back, get on a plane, and then fly to New Hampshire and do it all over again. So That, I was tired. I didn’t know what was going on.”
However, more than these re-marathon scenes, another, even more legendary scene presented a real challenge for Tom Hanks: the one that opens and closes the film, and where we can see Forrest Gump recounting his life to a few people waiting for a bus:
“The park bench scenes had a lot of dialogue and we shot them in a day and a half.”explained Tom Hanks.
“I said to Robert Zemeckis, ‘Bob, my head is fragile, I’m at my wits’ end. We got to do all these scenarios with different people, and there’s a page and a half of dialogue for each one. Me Me”. I will never be able to contain it all.”
To help the actor, Zemeckis then came up with the idea of shooting the series like an episode of a sitcom, using multiple cameras so he could line up cards with dialogue in front of Tom Hanks.
Finally, his efforts paid off. Winner of 6 Academy Awards (including Best Actor), Forrest Gump is also ranked as the best movie of all time by AlloCiné viewers, with an average rating of 4,592 out of 5 stars.
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Source: Allocine
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