Tom Hanks Says 'Forrest Gump' Sequel Shot in Under an Hour: 'You Can't Force Me'

Life may be like a box of chocolates, but Tom Hanks doesn't want to bite twice on the same candy.

The 'Elvis' actor revealed on the 'Happy Sad Confused' podcast (via ) that the idea of a potential sequel to 'Forrest Gump' was dropped almost immediately after the success of the first film.
"I will say that with a long moment in between, we tried to talk about another 'Forrest Gump' that was 40 minutes long," Hanks explained. "And then we never, we said, 'Guys, come on. ""

In an era of multiple sequels, reboots, and requels, Hanks added that there was no "obligation" to reprise his famous role as Forrest after the original 1994 film. Hanks played a serious veteran of the Vietnam War with an IQ of 75 who accidentally participated in the most pivotal moments of mid-twentieth-century pop culture.

“One smart thing I did was I never signed a contract that had a contractual obligation to a sequel,” Hanks said. "I've always said, 'Guys, if there's a reason to do this, let's do it. But you can't force me.' There's this natural inclination of pure commerce that says, 'Hey, you just had a hit, so do it again, and you'll have a hit.' »
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With 'Top Gun: Maverick' breaking box office records and plenty of retellings of famous 80s and 90s movies like 'Road House' and 'Dirty Dancing' in the works, perhaps more Forrest will be on their way. By the end of the film, Forrest is now a father mourning the love of his life, Jenny. But until then, the Bollywood remake of the Oscar-winning film is the only recent reboot.

Hanks has already paid for some scenes in "Forrest Gump" out of his own pocket, including Forrest's run across America, after Paramount Pictures balked at increasing the production budget. Hanks shared production costs with director Robert Zemeckis in exchange for a profit-sharing agreement with Paramount. Hanks earned approximately $65 million from the extended percentage agreement at the box office to cover production costs.

Earlier this year, Hanks admitted he was "embarrassed" to "get in the groove" of playing Forrest.

""We won't use any of those first three days because I don't think you got it. You don't have the character," Hanks recalled Zemeckis telling him on set. "'Don't try so hard.'"

IndieWire's Eric Kohn weighed in on the controversies behind "Forrest Gump" as part of the film's 25th anniversary in 2019. The "problematic" Oscar winner, according to Kohn, "presents a smiling idiot scientist as everything about America, suggesting he could catapult him to the fame and fortune he doesn't really earn, while people who endure real struggles to make a difference in the world fight to the death. falls.

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Tom Hanks Says 'Forrest Gump' Sequel Shot in Under an Hour: 'You Can't Force Me'

Life may be like a box of chocolates, but Tom Hanks doesn't want to bite twice on the same candy.

The 'Elvis' actor revealed on the 'Happy Sad Confused' podcast (via ) that the idea of a potential sequel to 'Forrest Gump' was dropped almost immediately after the success of the first film.

"I will say that with a long moment in between, we tried to talk about another 'Forrest Gump' that was 40 minutes long," Hanks explained. "And then we never, we said, 'Guys, come on. ""

In an era of multiple sequels, reboots, and requels, Hanks added that there was no "obligation" to reprise his famous role as Forrest after the original 1994 film. Hanks played a serious veteran of the Vietnam War with an IQ of 75 who accidentally participated in the most pivotal moments of mid-twentieth-century pop culture.

“One smart thing I did was I never signed a contract that had a contractual obligation to a sequel,” Hanks said. "I've always said, 'Guys, if there's a reason to do this, let's do it. But you can't force me.' There's this natural inclination of pure commerce that says, 'Hey, you just had a hit, so do it again, and you'll have a hit.' »

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With 'Top Gun: Maverick' breaking box office records and plenty of retellings of famous 80s and 90s movies like 'Road House' and 'Dirty Dancing' in the works, perhaps more Forrest will be on their way. By the end of the film, Forrest is now a father mourning the love of his life, Jenny. But until then, the Bollywood remake of the Oscar-winning film is the only recent reboot.

Hanks has already paid for some scenes in "Forrest Gump" out of his own pocket, including Forrest's run across America, after Paramount Pictures balked at increasing the production budget. Hanks shared production costs with director Robert Zemeckis in exchange for a profit-sharing agreement with Paramount. Hanks earned approximately $65 million from the extended percentage agreement at the box office to cover production costs.

Earlier this year, Hanks admitted he was "embarrassed" to "get in the groove" of playing Forrest.

""We won't use any of those first three days because I don't think you got it. You don't have the character," Hanks recalled Zemeckis telling him on set. "'Don't try so hard.'"

IndieWire's Eric Kohn weighed in on the controversies behind "Forrest Gump" as part of the film's 25th anniversary in 2019. The "problematic" Oscar winner, according to Kohn, "presents a smiling idiot scientist as everything about America, suggesting he could catapult him to the fame and fortune he doesn't really earn, while people who endure real struggles to make a difference in the world fight to the death. falls.