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

Hanks Still Had Lines When His Microphone Shut Off

When Forrest is asked to speak about his time in the Vietnam War doing a protest in Washington DC, he approaches the microphone, but someone pulls the plug before he can start speaking. Whatever he said must have been moving, because the man standing next to him is visibly emotional, but the crowd doesn't hear a thing. However, Hanks did have scripted lines. According to Hanks, he said: "Sometimes when people go to Vietnam, they go home to their mommas without any legs. Sometimes they don't go home at all. That's a bad thing. That's all I have to say about that."

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