Tom Hanks Says He’s Sometimes Been a Jerk on Movie Sets

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Tom Hanks Says He’s Sometimes Been a Jerk on Movie Sets https://t.co/vEYrxg8JAs
- The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) May 9, 2023
Tom hanks has the reputation of being the nicest actor in Hollywood, but in a new BBC interview, Hanks made the surprising admission that even he sometimes indulges in rude behavior

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[mary_pickforded]

[loonyluna26]

What??? I love them both

[mary_pickforded]

[loonyluna26]

Noooo I refuse. But also was that like 80s early 90s Tom wasn't really the cuddlebug he is now. If his hair was curly I can believe he was a douche.

[hiimtish]

I’d bet all those days he’s talking about were due to Chet lol

[alienjive]

Came here to comment the same thing lol I’m like it can’t be easy being that man’s father

[loonyluna26]

Lmfao

[segeldk]

i am so surprised

[ladychips]

everyones a jerk at some point, everybody has bad days. we need to accept that instead of insisting on perfection

[inkstainedlips]

Yeah, it's only when someone is always a jerk that it's an issue.

[bluesforgotten]

yeah i agree.

i think he's genuinely known for being a good guy now but i do think it's interesting that he spoke a bit about this changing over time and becoming more aware as he got older. i don't think i was ever a rude millennial brat in the workforce as stereotypes may go, but i also think i am way more patient and comfortable with being wrong at my current age, so that probably makes me a less uptight colleague.

i also think it's really interesting to imagine myself in workplace situations if that was a different movie set every few months? i have job hopped a bit and the dynamics are always different, but nothing to the extent of having a new boss, new coworkers, and a new culture every couple of months (assuming movies over a consistent tv schedule). i think i'd still try to be a collegial person and be nice to coworkers but i have to imagine some sets would SUCK lol. can't all be winners.

[evillemmons]

[bluesforgotten]

idk maybe the bar is low but i appreciate anyone vocally owning up to mistakes and explaining their growth. we've all done things we regret, or said dumb shit when we were younger, or maybe even did a 180 in our belief systems. i don't think cancel culture is a real issue the way FOX talks about it or whatever but i do think our culture could do better to encourage dialogue about past mistakes as errors rather than necessarily character-defining things

[scriptedending]

i appreciate anyone vocally owning up to mistakes and explaining their growth.

ITA. No one is perfect. Even usually wonderful people have bad days and say and do things they ordinarily would not. It's much more shady to me when people act like they have never done anything they feel bad about.

[genbu_no_miko24]

Similarly I feel the same about people who say “I don’t regret anything in life or look back” lol shut up you pretentious shit! Everyone regrets something.

[bluesforgotten]

it's also like...if you were alive in certain times/decades/years/eras....you probably said a word here or there you wouldn't say today, or had a belief you definitely wouldn't subscribe to. everyone is a product of their time and surroundings to an extent (even if some people are much "worse" than others).