These Forrest Gump Facts Are Better Than a Box of Chocolates

Bubba’s Prosthetic

Bubba and Forrest were an iconic duo, but they weren’t exact replicas of their characters. Mykelti Williamson wore a prosthetic in his lip to accentuate the role.

Advertisement

Next Page →

The More You Know

  • Jackie Chan voiced the Beast in the Chinese dub of The Beauty And The Beast.
  • Hattie McDaniels was the first Black actor to win an Oscar
  • The names of the taxi driver and the policeman in everybody’s favourite Yuletide outing, It’s A Wonderful Life, are Bert and Ernie. The writers working on Sesame Street at the time claim it’s merely a coincidence.
  • Will Smith wanted to adopt the German Shepherd in I Am Legend.
Next Page →