Robin Wright explains why she never hung out with Tom Hanks on the set of 'Forrest Gump'


Robin Wright recently revealed that she and Tom Hanks They never really got to know each other while working on “Forrest Gump” — but that's not all they have to say about it.

on monday, she explained to “Today” The reason the two actors didn't get along on set was because Hanks – who played Forrest – was too busy to, well, afforestation,

She told the outlet, “We were running around shooting that movie and every lunch period, Tom was running outside, just running wherever he could catch him, so we didn't really get a chance to hang out. found.”

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Robin Wright as Jenny and Tom Hanks as Forrest in 1994's “Forrest Gump.”

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In the 1994 Oscar-winning film, running is a big aspect of Hank's main character. As a child, Forrest bullies his bullies out of a need to outwit them. As an adult, he sets out on a spectacular three-year race across the United States “for no particular reason”.

The film features Hanks racing in several scenic locations across the country, such as the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina and Monument Valley in Utah and Arizona. According to Smithsonian Magazine,

Monument Valley, a location in Utah, where hundreds of people from all over the world
A location in Monument Valley, Utah, where hundreds of people from all over the world came to reenact a scene from “Forrest Gump” in which Forrest leaves to run around America.

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And although Hanks and Wright were apart during filming, Wright told 'Today' that after reuniting with 'Forrest Gump' director Robert Zemeckis for his upcoming movie 'Here' he 'had a great time as adults.' Go to another'.

Hanks and Wright attend world premiere screening "Here" During the 2024 AFI Festival earlier this month.
Hanks and Wright attended the world premiere screening of “Here” during the 2024 AFI Festival earlier this month.

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“It was literally like getting the band back together,” he said of working on the sweeping drama about generations of people living on the same plot of land.

She said of Zemeckis and Hanks: “I'd do anything with Bob and Tom.”


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