Tom Hanks is playingElvis Presley manager "Colonel Tom" Parker in the upcomingBaz Luhrmann film, and to get a better idea of the infamous character, the actor had dinner withPriscilla Presley.
He was in for a surprise. Hanks on Wednesday dropped by The Late Show With Stephen Colbert to promote his latest film, News of the World, but he also chatted about other topics, such as the upcoming Elvis picture starring Austin Butler in which he plays the late "genius and a scoundrel" Parker.
Hanks explained that he was days away from shooting the film in March when he contracted COVID-19. But he has since recovered and apparently completed his work on the picture, Hanks told Colbert. "He was both a genius and a scoundrel," Hanks said of Parker,.
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