The interview with Tom Hanks
Tom Hanks would reject his role in "Philadelphia" today
It was the film that shaped an entire generation and, at the same time, the work that focused attention on a particularly important issue that many didn't want to deal with. "Philadelphia" moved many people to tears and was certainly what many would call a "look outside the box."
Suddenly, AIDS sufferers were given a face... And a very familiar one at that (even today). It seems all the more astonishing that Tom Hanks himself recently announced in an interview with the New York Times Magazine that he would no longer play his role from back then. But why not?
Tom Hanks and his gay role
In "Philadelphia" Tom Hanks played a gay man who was infected with AIDS and had to give up his life. Today he believes that it would be inappropriate to take on such a role again. The reason: he is not the me...
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