Difficult to establish a ranking of the best feature films by Tom Hanks as the actor’s filmography is rich, from “Forrest Gump” to the recent “Elvis“, passing by “Saving Private Ryan” and “Pentagon Papers”. The actor for his part has no trouble sorting out, and even takes a pretty hard look at his career.
A busy year for Tom Hanks
Last May, Tom Hanks caused a sensation at the Cannes Film Festival alongside Austin Butler, Olivia DeJonge and Baz Lurhmann with the film Elvis. A fascinating and catchy biopic, in which the actor finds one of his rare antagonistic roles. That of Colonel Tom Parker, controversial manager of the King accused of having manipulated him for many years and who made the star a real object of commerce.
The actor has also found his old accomplice Robert Zemeckis. After Forrest Gump, Alone in the world as well as The Polar Expressand before the tragedy Herethe duo collaborated on Pinocchio, live adaptation of the Disney classic where Tom Hanks lends his features to the carpenter Geppetto. Finally, the actor is preparing his first novelinspired by his long experience in Hollywood and titled The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece. A book that will be released in 2023 and will retrace the production of a superheroic blockbuster. Asked by Peoplethe star said about it:
Each character does things that I’ve seen while making films, while discovering a philosophy or learning important lessons.
The confidences of the actor on his career
With more than 90 projects in his filmography, Tom Hanks obviously knows what he’s talking about. One of the most popular actors on the planet, he started out with comedies like Splash, Big Where The Commutersbefore obtaining his first Oscar in 1994 for philadelphia. He won his second statuette a year later for Forrest Gump. ensue many artistic successes and achievementsamong which Toy Story, Saving Private Ryan, The Green Line, Catch Me If You Can, Cloud Atlas or Sullyto recite nobody else but them.
And Tom Hanks is obviously not not entirely convinced by most of his films. He explained to People :
No one knows how a movie is made, although everyone thinks they do. I’ve done a ton of movies and four of them are pretty good, in my opinion. I’m always surprised by the way films are put together. From the glimmer of an idea to the image that appears on the screen, the whole process is a miracle.
The comedian added:
Making films is very hard work spread over a very long period of time. It contains an awful lot of moments of joy ruined by an equal amount of feelings of self-loathing. It is the best work in the world and also the most confusing that I know.
If he is quite tough with the films in which he participated, apart from the four of which he did not reveal the titles, the actor revealed on the other hand in 2021 to have taken great pleasure in certain shoots. Tom Hanks then cited his three favorite experiences, for different reasons: An extraordinary team, Alone in the world and CloudAtlas.
