The New Yorker, Hanks was asked why he gets offended when he hears people say they “hate” a specific film.“OK, let’s admit this: We all have seen movies that we hate,” he told the publication. “I have been in some movies that I hate.
You have seen some of my movies and you hate them.”Hanks briefly touched on the topic of hating films in his debut novel “The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece” released last month.
The actor explained the process behind filmmaking, saying there are five stages actors go through before the film comes to fruition.Hanks notes that the stages include landing the role, watching the film, hearing feedback and reading reviews, and later tracking the film’s numbers at the box office.He specifically used the film “It’s a Wonderful Life” as an example, as well as his 1996 film “That Thing You Do!” which he wrote and directed.He said the two films were not successful at the time of their respective releases, but later earned the status of “cult classics.”Despite that, Hanks refused to divulge which of his films he “hates.”Speaking in Sept.
2022, the actor said he thinks only four of his movies are “pretty good.”“No one knows how a movie is made — though everyone thinks they do,” he told the outlet.“I’ve made a ton of movies, and four of them are pretty good, I think, and I’m still amazed at how films come together.
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