Summary
HOLLYWOOD producers of a certain vintage are fond of saying that there are no big stars any more. No Jimmy Stewarts, no Bogarts, no Bacalls or Gables, the kind of Titans who could open a picture with nothing more than a face on a billboard.
Yet here is one such face, sitting two feet away doing battle with a mouthful of scone. "That was ridiculous, wasn't it?" Tom Hanks laughs after realising he's maybe bitten off more than he can chew, cake-wise. For a second, the 12-year-old boy he played in Big bounces to the surface. With Hanks you suspect he's never far away - one reason, perhaps, for his longevity in the business and enduring popularity with audiences.See the full content of this document
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Making a Comedy Drama Out of a Crisis
Apart from the scones, what brings the double-Oscar winning star of Forrest Gump, Philadelphia, Saving Private Ryan, Toy Story and many another film that would feature in a time capsule of modern cinema, to London?...
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