- Title: 'Here' movie reunites Tom Hanks and Robin Wright as younger selves
- Date: 31st October 2024
- Summary: BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (OCTOBER 25, 2024) (Reuters) (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTORS, TOM HANKS AND ROBIN WRIGHT, SAYING: Tom Hanks: "Most movies. If you're in a scene that take two minutes of film, it takes three days to shoot or, you know, an entire day in order to get those two minutes. We were done after two minutes. You know, our scene lasted two minutes. And if better, it would even be better if it lasted one minute and 45 seconds, you know. So technically, physically for the, you know, for the gamesmanship of being an actor, it was great because we just had to do it and we had to do it actually in real time, making it happen right there. I found that to be a luxury." Robin Wright: "I did, too. I kind of don't want to go back to the conventional 'we're going to have to pick up some coverage after lunch' and you're like, no." (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR, PAUL BETTANY, SAYING: "It became a lot like working on a stage, but with the added bonus of having close ups. So it had all of that immediacy that you get on stage as an audience member. It's your decision where you look, where you don't, you know, yet it also had close ups. So I really... I don't know anything like it."
- Embargoed: 14th November 2024 18:36
- Keywords: Drama Here House Robert Zemeckis Robin Wright Tom Hanks
- Location: BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES; UNIDENTIFIED FILMING LOCATIONS
- City: BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES; UNIDENTIFIED FILMING LOCATIONS
- Country: US
- Topics: Arts/Culture/Entertainment,Film,North America
- Reuters ID: LVA004596130102024RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: In the film “Here”, Tom Hanks and Robin Wright had to remember what it was like to be in their 20s to portray de-aged versions of their characters.
“It was fun to do because we had to see playback immediately with this visual effect tool,” Wright said.
“Oh, my eyes are 19 and my smile is 19 years old. Now I know how to walk in the room and put my shoulders back and squeeze my arms into my ribs, because that's how you move and you're like, you know, it would help you re-remember what it felt like living in the body of a 20-year-old, right?” she added.
Similarly, Hanks had to adjust to acting like a younger version of himself for the film.
“I had to leap off that couch in a way one does when they are 22,” Hanks said, laughing.
“Here,” directed by “Forrest Gump” filmmaker Robert Zemeckis, reunites the leads of the Oscar-winning film for this American drama that explores a generational story about families and the special place they live.
Hanks plays Richard Young and Wright plays his character’s wife, Margaret Young.
The movie, distributed by Sony Pictures, arrives in theaters on Friday after making its debut during AFI Fest in October.
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