This is the most famous bubble in cinema: 24 years ago it was created in an incredible way

In a few days, director Robert Zemeckis reunites with Tom Hanks for the fifth time in his career here, in a dramatic and family mural that promises to be completely unique in its genre.

After their first film collaboration in the masterful Forrest Gump, the filmmaker and his beloved actor crossed paths several times, for the amazing animated film The Pole Express, recently for the live version of Pinocchio, but also from the beginning. for the 2000 feature film that marked both of their careers forever: The Unforgettable World Alone.

Wilson is inspired by a real ball!

Rated 4.1 out of 5 stars by our viewers, Tom Hanks plays Chuck Noland, a FedEx delivery man who unfortunately finds himself stranded on a desert island for several years.

During the long months of loneliness, he befriended a volleyball that was found in the wreckage of his plane. With Chuck’s bloodied little face and nicknamed Wilson (after the famous sports brand), this imaginary and shiny friend thus became the only person facing the character and his alter ego.

An extravagant situation to say the least, which was born from a real story. Indeed, it is to the screenwriter of the film, William Broyle Jr., that we owe the friendship between the main character and Wilson’s bubble alone.

As explained in a 2000 article The Austin Chronicle (Recently delivered ColliderBroyles insisted on putting his character in his place physically and psychologically before he wrote the story. To do this, he lived for several days as a complete recluse on one of the islands in Mexico, fishing for rays and eating them raw to survive, drinking coconut milk.

Learn to communicate with volleyball

It was in the midst of this experience that one day Broyles was surprised to find a volleyball on the beach where he had been. Overwhelmed by his loneliness, he started talking to her and even came up with a name – Wilson – giving birth to one of the most iconic elements of his upcoming film.

“ There is a person whose emotional relationships have never been as deep, simple and honest as they could have been.The screenwriter explained further on the microphone of The Austin Chronicle.

“She’s going to learn how to connect and form this deep attachment, not with another person, but with volleyball. In a way, it’s a projection of herself.”

To make this relationship even more authentic to the audience and to Tom Hanks on set, Broyles went so far as to write lines of dialogue for Wilson, allowing the actor to say them in his head while talking to the famous balloon.

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