Tom Hanks revealed the one age he wouldn’t choose to be again.The actor was recently asked by Entertainment Tonight if there was a specific age he portrayed that he’d want to relive after filming his new movie “Here.”“No.Look, I’m 68 years old, the hardest for us was when we were playing 35,” Hanks says of working on the film.
“That time where your metabolism stops, gravity starts tearing you down, your bones start wearing off, you stand differently.I think I’m in better shape now.”After the outlet pointed out that he looks “great,” Hanks explained the reason.“You know why?” he responded.
“Because my kids are grown up, I’m getting decent exercise, and I can eat right.You can’t do that when you’re 35.
Life is such a burden!”The ET journalist quipped that everyone should get on Hanks’ plan, but Hanks downplayed it, stating: “Dude, I’m just doing what my 68-year-old, type 2 diabetes, just maintaining the temple baby.That’s all I’m trying to do.”Interestingly, Hanks starred in no films when he was 35 in 1991.
However, he’d go on to appear in three projects in 1992, including his memorable role as Jimmy Dugan in “A League of Their Own.” The following year, he starred opposite Meg Ryan in “Sleepless in Seattle.”Thirty years after Hank’s iconic role in “Forrest Gump,” the Oscar winner has now reunited with that film’s director Robert Zemeckis and star Robin Wright in “Here.” The movie follows the story of Richard (Hanks) and Margaret (Wright) who live in the same house over the course of a century.“The single perspective never changes, but everything around it does,” Zemeckis told Vanity Fair of the project. “It’s actually never been done before.There are similar scenes in very early silent movies before the language of montage was invented.
But other than that, yeah, it was a risky venture.”With the help of computer-generated de-aging effects, the couple will appear from their...