Pinocchio on Disney+: Tom Hanks offered a gift to the star of the movie!

At just 13 years old, soon to be 14, Benjamin Evan Ainsworth is leading a promising career. Featured in Mike Flanagan’s The Haunting of Bly Manor on Netflix, he is currently playing one of the lead roles in the series. Creech’s son And was recently spotted in The Sandman, still on Netflix. First of all, he answers to Tom Hanks in Pinocchio by Robert Zemeckis.

It is he who gives voice to the doll. The actor was familiar with the director’s work thanks to similar films back to the future, alone in the world where Forrest GumpBut the performance under him exceeded all expectations.

“I didn’t just record with my voice in the cockpithe says. I was on set every day, delivering my lines behind the camera. I could see all the technical maneuvers Robert Zemeckis. It was impressive to see how he was able to blend live action scenes with CGI animation. .”

The film was shot entirely at Cardington Studios, near London. “It was huge, the size of the TitanicBenjamin Evan Ainsworth explains. This is where Zeppelins were kept during World War II.”

Among his many memories is meeting Tom Hanks. “On set, he called me Benocchio and found a way to give me this hat, the character I wore on set..”

The actor, who came straight from the UK, was in Los Angeles for the first time, where he was able to go to the screening surrounded by his family. “A crazy and truly unreal experience“, he concludes.

Pinocchio Available on Disney+.