Hollywood legend and two time Oscar winner Tom Hanks is one of the most respected actors from the Western Industry. His notable works include Inferno, which was released in 2016.
Inferno also cast Bollywood superstar Irrfan Khan whose demise earlier this year left an entire industry grieving. Tom Hanks shared at a press event his thoughts on the late actor which is sure to put a smile on your face.
He goes on to say, “Here’s what I hate about Irrfan Khan…I always think I’m the coolest guy in the room, and everybody’s hanging on to every word I say and everybody’s a little intimidated to be in my presence. And then Irrfan Khan walks into the room. And he’s the coolest guy in the room.“
“And as soon as I walked up to him I said, ‘Irrfan Khan, I’m going to steal from you everything I possibly can. I’m going to start speaking very quietly in films. I’m going to wear very nice suits. And I will draw out the last sound of every sentence that I say.’ And by doing that, I will be doing a very pale imitation of the coolest guy in the room.”
Hanks also made the sweetest gesture towards Irrfan by sending him a handwritten note prior to their shooting. “This will be the most pleasant movie to make, I think, provided you and I have a few more scenes together! If not, we will just have to save the world as is!”
In an interview with IANS in the year 2016, Hanks shared with us his perspective on Bollywood and the Indian cinema.
“For a lot of years, Indian movies for us were Big B running around in his glasses and beating up bad guys or midgets and stuff like that. We didn’t quite understand what was going on. If everyone starts speaking the common language of cinema, it will start representing itself.”
Source: Hindustan Times