Tom Hanks Doesn’t Think He Could Star In Oscar-Winning ‘Philadelphia’ Today

Tom Hanks is reflecting on his role in the critically acclaimed film “Philadelphia.” Hanks, who scored an Oscar after starring in the 1993 movie as Andrew Beckett, a gay man with AIDS, said that if the production were created today, a straight actor wouldn’t be cast in that role. “Rightly so,” he added. In an interview this week with The New York Times’ David Marchese to promote the new Elvis Presley biopic, Hanks looked back on his part in the groundbreaking film. He called both “Philadelphia” and “Forrest Gump” (1994) “timely movies, at the time, that you might not be… Read Full Article