Tom Hanks.Photo: Photo ©: Michael Kovac/Getty Images
Tom Hanksisn’t a fan of some of his filmography.
In an interview published withThe New Yorkeron Sunday, the 66-year-old actor discussed how it may not be fair to judge a film after a single first viewing.
But, added theMaking of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpieceauthor, “Let’s admit this: We all have seen movies that we hate. I have been in some movies that I hate. You have seen some of my movies and you hate them.”
“The first Rubicon you cross is saying yes to the film. … You are going to be in that movie,” Hanks said. “The second Rubicon is when you actually see the movie that you made. It either works and is the movie you wanted to make, or it does not work and it’s not the movie you wanted to make.”
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From L: Tom Hanks inBig(1988),Forrest Gump(1994) andA Man Called Otto(2022).Sony Pictures Entertainment / Paramount Pictures / 20th Century Fox Film Corp. / Courtesy Everett Collection
Sony Pictures Entertainment / Paramount Pictures / 20th Century Fox Film Corp. / Courtesy Everett Collection
“The commercial performance of the film,” Hanks said, is the fourth Rubicon, “because, if it does not make money, your career will be toast sooner than you want it to be. That’s just the fact.”
And the fifth and final Rubicon is time, which the actor illustrated with examples includingIt’s a Wonderful Life, which became more popular and beloved much later than its 1946 release, and his own 1996 filmThat Thing You Do!, which he wrote, directed and starred in.
“Now the same exact publications that dismissed it in their initial review called it ‘Tom Hanks’ cult classic,That Thing You Do!‘So nowit’s a cult classic,” he added. “What was the difference between those two things? The answer is time.”
Tom Hanks.David Livingston/Getty
David Livingston/Getty
As the actor said on a January episode ofThe Great Creators with Guy Razpodcast, “I wrestle with authenticity. I wrestle with the difference between lying for a living as an actor and lying to myself as a human being.”
Hanks went on to say shortly after that he doesn’t watchsome of his own films, including his “big hits,” because he sees “the falsehood in them. I see the loss. I see that one time, ‘Oh, man, I missed that opportunity.’ "
“And it’s not because, at the moment, I chose not to — it’s because, after it was done, I realized I didn’t go far enough. I didn’t go to the place that I could have gone,” he added.
source: people.com
