Tom Hanks’ 2000 film Cast Away remains a go-to favourite for plenty of film fans, but there’s one scene the film’s lead actor can’t bring himself to watch.
The Robert Zemeckis-directed classic charts the life of FedEx employee Chuck Norland (Hanks), who is presumed dead after his plane crashes in the Pacific Ocean.
Unbeknownst to the rest of the world, Chuck has survived and – with his volleyball Wilson as his sole companion – is plotting a return home.
Before boarding the plane, Chuck’s girlfriend Kelly gives him a pocket watch with her photograph in it and when he finally makes it back years later, he visits her house to return it. But the emotional scene is one Hanks doesn’t enjoy.
Appearing on the latest episode of The Rest is Entertainment, the 69-year-old explained: “There is a moment [...] in Cast Away in which I am back and Chuck is back in Kelly’s house and he gives her his, her watch back. And there’s a moment where I just think I’m not there.
“All it is is a turnaround on me, but I do this gesture that I just think is false and is me and is not Chuck. And if the movie is on, I will get up and leave the room before that scene comes on.”
Cast Away, which reunited Hanks with Forrest Gump director Zemeckis, earned two Oscar nominations, including a Best Actor nod for its lead star.
At the Golden Globes, Hanks’ portrayal of the shipwrecked protagonist also won him the Best Actor accolade and he was nominated for the same award at the Baftas.
The actor is currently promoting the fifth film instalment in the Toy Story franchise, which arrives in UK cinemas on Friday (19 June).
The actor, who has voiced the cowboy doll Woody since the original Toy Story was released in 1995, has said the new film tackles the “terror”of children’s screen time.
In the latest instalment of the Pixar's franchise, Woody, Buzz Lightyear and Jessie find themselves competing with a new kind of rival: a frog-shaped tablet called Lilypad, voiced by Greta Lee.
“There’s a moment in the movie where we look out on the cityscape and we see that blue glow of a phone in bedrooms and whatnot, and it does strike terror into the heart,” he told the BBC.
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