It’s one of his most successful films and Tom Hanks is very happy that a sequel never happened

In 1994, Tom Hanks starred in one of the most successful films of his career. If a sequel was considered, the 68-year-old actor is happy that it ultimately never saw the light of day.

While we will never forget Tom Hanks’ performance in Alone in the worldthe actor also shone in the skin of Forrest Gump in the eponymous film, broadcast in 1994. The feature film, back on Prime Video from November 15follows an Alabama man with an IQ of 75 who longs to reunite with his childhood sweetheart. Given the success of Forrest Gumpand the sequel to the book published in 1995, a sequel to the film was at one time considered. During an interview recently given to New York TimesTom Hanks was pleased that this project was ultimately aborted: “It’s an extraordinary amalgamation that stands on its own and never needs to be repeated. And thank goodness we never bothered to make another one. Why put a hat on a hat?

Tom Hanks is happy to see that Forrest Gump still touches the hearts of the public

Thirty years after its release, Forrest Gump has not lost its flavor with the public. “I still get letters saying that every year the family gets together and does what we did in 1995 when the movie came out on video. We all watch it, from start to finish“, said Tom Hanks again, before adding: “Right now, someone is watching this film from start to finish somewhere in the world. And it touches us with the same feeling of comfort and familiarity.”

This sign which allowed Tom Hanks to believe in the success of Forrest Gump

During his appearance on the show Late Night with Seth MeyersTom Hanks revealed what he experienced days before filming the movie with the cast and crew on Fripp Island in Beaufort County. As they wondered if Forrest Gump could interest spectators, a meteor shower fell in front of them. “It was the first time I was able to observe the Perseid meteor shower. The Earth passes through the tail of an old comet and all the pieces of the comet re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere, producing a multitude of meteors, and I I had never seen one in my life and then I said to myself: ‘If we believe in omens, then maybe this film will work’. We had just seen something otherworldly.”

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