6/27/2023 0 Comments Tom hanks submarine movie"But that doesn't mean he can't access anger, loneliness and unlikability." "There's a narrative about my husband that is he's the nicest guy in Hollywood. When the couple watched the Oscar-nominated 2015 Swedish film "A Man Called Ove," based on author Fredrik Backman's bestselling novel, Wilson immediately thought of her spouse for an American remake of the darkly comic drama. Hanks can thank his fellow "Otto" producer (and wife of 35 years) Rita Wilson for endorsing the role. Along with the perma-scowl, Hanks developed a knuckles-first "pissed-off angry stomp" for Otto's waterproof shoe-driven gait that kicks into overdrive when his neighbor's dog urinates on his Pittsburgh patch of lawn or visitors flout parking-permit regulations. The widowed Otto Anderson, hardened by his wife's death, leads an increasingly isolated existence. 'Nepo babies' in Hollywood: What do famous families say about industry equity? Hanks can walk the tetchy walk for the comedic drama "Otto" (now streaming). He's just getting started, but you get the idea. Or the new grid is more complicated than a legal disclaimer from a drug prescription commercial." So what used to be channel 151 is now somewhere in the 500s. "You know how DirecTV has a grid telling you where all the channels are?" Hanks asks moments after breezily sitting down to talk in a Beverly Wilshire hotel suite. Truthfully, it's initially jarring to see the universally anointed Nicest Guy In Hollywood, who won an Oscar as guileless Forrest Gump, transform into Otto the Grump.īut to the grump skeptics, Hanks, 66, explains he's had years of preparation for the role just dealing with Otto-like life nuisances. LOS ANGELES – Tom Hanks brings a double helping of crotchety to his role in "A Man Called Otto."
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