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Post by WarrenPeace on Nov 30, 2018 0:13:18 GMT
A Bridge of Spies
Sully
The Post
Saving Mr. Banks
Captain Phillips
Charlie Wilson's War
The Terminal
Apollo 13
Upcoming: Mr. Rogers
In each of those movies he has played someone based on a real life figure.
Is he the only actor who has done more real life character based roles than anyone else?
Who else surpasses or comes close?
Any idea why they keep picking Tom?
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Post by WarrenPeace on Nov 30, 2018 0:16:15 GMT
And who is going to play Tom Hanks in his biopic?
Tom Hanks of course!
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Post by ck100 on Nov 30, 2018 1:31:42 GMT
A Bridge of Spies Sully The Post Saving Mr. Banks Captain Phillips Charlie Wilson's War The Terminal Apollo 13 Upcoming: Mr. Rogers In each of those movies he has played someone based on a real life figure. Is he the only actor who has done more real life character based roles than anyone else? Who else surpasses or comes close? Any idea why they keep picking Tom? I think Tom is picked for these so much since he's this "all-american" actor people can get behind. He's been called a "modern-day Jimmy Stewart". |
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Nov 30, 2018 1:32:33 GMT
Because he is brilliant
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Post by politicidal on Nov 30, 2018 1:53:21 GMT
First answer: The only other I can think of is John Wayne who's even with Hanks, also having played nine historical figures.
Second answer: Because he's Tom f**cking Hanks!
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Post by sostie on Nov 30, 2018 2:16:22 GMT
Charles laughton did more
Emperor Nero
King Henry VIII twice
Captain William Bligh
Rembrandt
King Herod
Captain William Kidd
Galileo
William Kidd
Sempronius Gracchus
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Post by sostie on Nov 30, 2018 2:24:59 GMT
Anthony Hopkins
Richard I
Claudius
David Lloyd George
John Frost
Sir Frederick Treves
Lieutenant William Bligh
C. S. Lewis
Dr. John Harvey Kellogg
Richard Nixon
Picasso
John Quincy Adams
Burt Munro
Hrothgar
Alfred Hitchcock
Freddy Heineken
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Post by Marv on Nov 30, 2018 2:33:23 GMT
Hanks comes off pretty well as an Everyman. I think that aspect lends itself to most biographies.
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Post by politicidal on Nov 30, 2018 17:07:17 GMT
Well now he's gonna play Geppetto too apparently.
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Post by marianne48 on Dec 1, 2018 0:18:13 GMT
Charlton Heston:
Moses
Marc Antony (at least 3 times)
Sir Thomas More (TV movie)
Buffalo Bill Cody
William Clark
Andrew Jackson (twice)
Michelangelo
El Cid Rodrigo de Vivay
General Charles Gordon
Joseph Mengele
Probably more.
(Of course, whether he played them well, or all the same, is debatable).
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Post by Eλευθερί on Dec 2, 2018 9:41:13 GMT
Any idea why they keep picking Tom? Box office. |
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