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Tom Hanks on Paying for Portions of 'Forrest Gump' Production | THR News
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Tom Hanks recently opened up about some of the issues the production faced while making the 1994 classic 'Forrest Gump.'
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Well, the studio just said, we can't afford it, you're not going to do it.
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Tom Hanks is saying he paid for part of the production on Forrest Gump out of his own pocket.
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Speaking on In Depth with Graham Bensinger for an interview posted Wednesday,
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Hanks opened up about some of the issues the production faced while making the 1994 classic
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Forrest Gump, revealing that he and director Robert Zemeckis both paid for scenes to be shot
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in the movie when Paramount tightened the purse strings. One of the scenes was the classic run
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across the country that Gump does in the middle of the film. Paramount said it was too expensive
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and could not be shot, even though Zemeckis argued it was crucial. When the studio did not budge,
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Zemeckis went to Hanks and told him he needed Hanks to trust him and back him.
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This run is going to cost X amount of dollars, and it wasn't cheap.
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Hanks said he agreed and the two went to Paramount explaining they could provide the money,
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but that the studio would have to share the profits a little bit more, to which the studio agreed.
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But the actor said he had to front money again in another instance during the film
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when they needed insurance coverage due to the weather while shooting a particular scene.
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Bob and I said, well, we'll cover the insurance, and we did.
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Ultimately, those decisions earned Hanks an estimated $65 million when the film became a
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blockbuster. To watch the full interview, head to THR.com. For The Hollywood Reporter News,
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I'm Neha Joy.
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