Under the Weather
Tom Hanks got really sick during shooting and all at the worst possible time. When he’s running during that epic football scene, he barely managed to pull it off. Hanks was hit with a terribel stomach virus and cold that weakened him. However he wanted to continue filming despite being ill. Now that’s commitment!
Under The Weather
Modification
When the film was modified for the big screen, most of the changes were made to Forrest Gump’s character. In the movie, Gump has a lovable, childlike naivety whereas he has more of a wry cynicism in the book. Putting that aside, perhaps the biggest change was made to one of the film’s most iconic lines. The one about how life is like a box of chocolates – that was never in the book and had a totally different tone. The book reads, “Let me say this: bei’n a idiot is no box of chocolates. People laugh, lose patience, treat you shabby. Now they says folks s’posed to be kind to the afflicted, but let me tell you – it ain’t always that way. Even so, I got no complaints, cause I reckon I done live a pretty interestin’ life, so to speak.”
Modification
