Improvisation
When Tom Hanks’ character utters the words “My name is Forrest Gump. People call me Forrest Gump,” it quickly became one of the most memorable sentences in the movie. An interesting fact is that this sentence was not in the original script, Tom Hanks improvised it on set. Director Zemeckis liked it and left it in the movie.
Slipped through his Fingers
Tom Hanks was not the only actor who was offered the script for the ‘Forrest Gump’ movie. Among other actors were Chevy Chase, Bill Murray and even John Travolta. Luckily for Hanks, they all declined, and the role awaited the perfect actor for it. John Travolta even admits today that he regrets passing up on the role of Forrest Gump.
