Did You Know These Behind-The-Scenes Facts About "Cast Away"?

Hanks Views the Plane Crash as a Gift

Hanks feels the FedEx plane crash was the best thing that could have happened to his character. The shift in perspective about finding yourself in a crossroads is a pivotal turning point for his character.  Hanks said, "People do that all the time. ‘I quit, I don’t want to do this job anymore, I’m gonna go figure out what I want to do and I’m going to be okay.’ That’s interesting. It’s almost as though Chuck can say the best thing that ever happened to him was, ‘I was in this plane crash in which five people got killed and I survived for four years and I came back and I lost the woman I love.’”