Leo on Instagram: "Tom Hanks won the Academy Award for Best Actor for this film a year after winning it for Philadelphia (1993). As of 2024, he is the second of only two people to win the award twice in a row, after Spencer Tracy for Captains Courageous (1937) and Boys Town (1938). Bill Murray, John Travolta, and Chevy Chase turned down the role of Forrest Gump. Travolta later admitted that passing on the role was a mistake. Bill Paxton was one of Robert Zemeckis' initial first choices for the t

FlixCenter on Instagram: "🙌 Tom Hanks’ portrayal of Forrest Gump in Robert Zemeckis’ 1994 classic stands as a monumental achievement in screen acting. Securing his second consecutive Academy Award for Best Actor, Hanks crafted a character of profound innocence and accidental wisdom, grounding a fantastical journey through decades of American history. He adopted a specific, lilting Southern accent—inspired by his child co-star—that became instantly iconic, yet it was the emotional stillness behi