Neither 'Forrest Gump' nor 'The Green Mile': this is the best movie of Tom Hanks, according to the actor

Although he has admitted on more than one occasion that he has not seen the movies he has made more than once, Tom Hanks is clear about which films he likes the most from his entire career. And his selection may not include the most predictable titles.

In an interview for the The Bill Simmons Podcast podcast, the actor compiled the three titles that have marked him the most, taking into account his personal experience during the filming of them. 

Among the highlights, Hanks began by mentioning Cloud Atlas, a science fiction and fantastic dystopia film released in 2012 and directed by Tom Tykwer, Lilly Wachowski, and Lana Wachowski.

"It was the first time I shot for a while in Germany and I was surrounded by history," recalled the actor, adding that "the work itself was great" because "we were part of a big group of fantastic people trying to do the best and hardest work possible."

Nominated for Best Original Score at the Golden Globes, Cloud Atlas is a set of several stories that unfold in the past, present, and future. Each one is contained within the previous one, and all are linked by small details. 

'A League of Their Own'

He then mentioned A League of Their Own, the movie for which he says he "got to play baseball for a whole summer." The film is directed by Penny Marshall and was released in 1992, and travels back to the year 1943, a time when, as the men were at war, baseball was on the verge of disappearing.

A women's league was formed that sought to capture the public's attention. Dottie and Mae were part of one of these women's teams that had to prove they were capable of competing and fighting like men. The worst part was that they had to endure Jimmy, a sarcastic and alcoholic coach.

'Cast Away'

Finally, Tom Hanks remembered what is, without a doubt, one of the best and most iconic performances of his career: Cast Away. The film by Robert Zemeckis from the year 2000 earned him an Oscar nomination and tells the story of Chuck Noland, an executive at the multinational courier company FedEx, who is separated from his comfortable life and his fiancée due to a plane crash that leaves him isolated from civilization on a remote tropical island in the middle of the ocean.

After four years of struggling for survival, completely alone on the island, Chuck learns all the subsistence techniques while suffering the torture of loneliness. The solution: risking his life by venturing out to sea.

"It was full of incredible adventures", explained Hanks when he remembered how the filming was. "We were in the middle of the ocean trying to shoot. In Fiji and with my whole family, who was with me. We experienced an adventure every day," he expressed.

*This article has been automatically translated using artificial intelligence