Forrest Gump out of his own pocket.In an interview with In Depth with Graham Bensinger, the actor opened up about difficulties faced while shooting the 1994 film.Discussing the pivotal scene in which Hanks’ titular character runs across the country, the actor revealed it was too expensive and that director Robert Zemeckis asked him for help.“And he said, ‘Well, this run is going to cost X amount of dollars.’ And it wasn’t cheap.
And I said, ‘OK’. He said, ‘You and I are going to split that amount, and we’re going to give it back [to Paramount].“We’ll give you the money back, but you guys [Paramount] are going to have to share the profits a little bit more.’ Which the studio said, ‘Fabulous, great.
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