Interesting Facts about Forrest Gump (12 of 21)

Running Sick

During filming, there may be all sorts of complications, like some of the actors actually falling sick. In general, the majority of actors are quite professional and do their job no matter what. They cannot call-in sick and stay home often, while filming takes place. One of those days was during a running scene at a football match. Tom Hanks had a bad flu, but managed to perform this iconic scene despite his condition.

Book Adaptation

The ‘Forrest Gump’ movie is a true story based on a book. The screenplay is pretty much true to the book, however, there are some differences. For example, in the movie Forrest is portrayed by Tom Hanks as a lovable childlike naive person. In the book, Forrest is a more wry cynic kind of person. In the beginning of the movie, in the scene with the chocolate box Forrest says: “My mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.” In the book the beginning is different: “Let me say this: bei’n an idiot is no box of chocolates. People laugh, lose patience, treat you shabby. Now they say folks s’posed to be kind to the afflicted, but let me tell you – it ain’t always that way.”