Random Small But Poignant Details In Tom Hanks Films That We Never Noticed Befo (17 items)

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  (#8) 'A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood' Features Joanne Rogers, Widow Of The Real Mr. Rogers

  From Redditor u/starbearer92:

  A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019): During the scene in The Mandarin Gourmet where Lloyd (Matthew Rhys) and Mr. Rogers (Tom Hanks) eat, one of the patrons we see briefly is Joanne Rogers, widow of the real Mr. Rogers.
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  (#4) 'Forrest Gump' Used Tom Hanks' Brother To Replicate Gump's Running Style

  From Redditor u/Tokyono:

  For Forrest Gump (1994), Tom Hanks' brother, Jim Hanks, doubled for him for the sequence where Forrest jogs across America. As Jim put it: “Tom had other doubles, but they couldn’t do the run,” he says, referring to Gump’s stiff, geeky stride. “That’s a stupid Hanks thing.”
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  (#9) Hanks And The 'Apollo 13' Cast Had Racked Up More Simulated Zero-G Time Than Most Astronauts

  From Redditor u/Shamrock5:

  The zero-gravity scenes in Apollo 13 (1995) were filmed in NASA's "Vomit Comet" aircraft. By the end of filming, Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, and Kevin Bacon had each amassed more "weightless time" than any astronaut in history... And just to be clear, I obviously don't mean that these actors have spent more time in true zero-G than real astronauts -- I just mean the simulated zero-G in the VC!
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  (#11) Tom Hanks Is Related To Abraham Lincoln's Mother As Referenced In 'Toy Story 2'

  From Redditor u/phunkshway:

  In Toy Story 2 (1999), Jessie, after meeting Woody, exclaims “Sweet mother of Abraham Lincoln!” This is a reference to Tom Hanks, the voice of woody, being related to the president through Lincoln’s mother.
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  (#5) The Medic In 'Captain Philips' (2013) Was Told To Treat Hanks Like A Real Patient

  From Redditor u/Tokyono:

  In Captain Phillips (2013), the medic in the infirmary scene was a real navy medic (Danielle Albert). The director told her to treat Tom Hanks like it was a "regular military exercise". The sequence was unscripted and improvised.
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  (#2) What Hanks Says In 'Forrest Gump' When The Mic Cuts Out

  From Redditor u/cbushman1:

  In Forrest Gump (1994), when Forrest starts his speech and the microphones cut out and you can’t hear him. Tom Hanks said “Sometimes when people go to Vietnam, they go home to their mommas without any legs. Sometimes they don’t go home at all. That’s a bad thing. That’s all I have to say about that.”

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