Representatives of the fair sex in general are very heroic heroes of Tom Hanks - independent, reliable and courageous without showmanship. It's enough just to remember such films with his participation as "Catch Me If You Can", "Outcast", "Saving Private Ryan", "Nespyshchiev Seattle", "You Letter", "War of Charlie Wilson", "Angels and Demons" and many others. Of course, all these films are not about Hanks. Although the "Great Greek Weddings" - just about him, that's just he was not in this film. And why all the same?
Let's start from the end
On July 9th this year, Tom Hanks will turn 57 years old, and he can loudly and to the whole world declare that he lived them not in vain. Hanks is considered one of the most popular actors in the world of cinema, a producer who achieved not only the huge recognition of the audience and absolute respect among professionals, but also the honorary owner of two prestigious Oscar awards - for the main roles in Philadelphia (1993) and Forrest Gump (1994) ), which gives him the status of being one of two actors in the history of world cinema, who were able to receive this award in a row in two years. Plus, Tom is the only actor who is worthy of a fee of twenty million dollars. This is not surprising, because in the account of Tom Hanks a huge number of films, each of which could earn in the global box office for nine million dollars. It turns out that the actor's work of Hanks is much more effective than the economy of most states.
Nobody will argue that merit is not always rewarded in a worthy way, but the actor here and not complain about anything. He actually gets a fee in the amount of twenty million, and in most cases also the percentage deducted from the hire. For example, "Forrest Gump" brought the star 70 million, and "Rescue Private Ryan" - 40 million. Avot how much the actor was able to make money on the "Da Vinci Code" or "Angels and Demons" is difficult to even imagine. these films were able to collect twice as much as the above pictures combined. In general, the old age of Hanks himself really accurately can provide.
Let's return to the beginning
The actor has another additional reason, which can be done: ascent to the actor's heights of glory, he began with a full zero. Ieto, despite the fact that he belongs to the ancient American family, and the mother's police is a relative of one of the presidents of the United States - Abraham Lincoln. But Tom's mother worked as a simple waitress, and her father as a cook. When the mistress turned five years old, his parents divorced and divided the children (in addition, the family had two sons and a daughter). The future actor moved to his father, and as he was an amateur to marry, Tom went from stepmother to stepmother and from school to school. The last stepmother of Hanks was an Asian woman, and up to 50 people could be in their house, among whom only he was white.
Many Western film stars began their acting career with school drama circles, but Tom did not care: as a lanky awkward teenager, his classmates considered him worthless and unwilling to take to school performances. Only one teacher of dramatic art can consider something in a shy and slightly nervous boy. So, thanks to him, Hanks also got into a professional theater. Because of the low wages of the provincial actor, the guy had to work part-time as an illuminator and worker of the scene. He also sold popcorn at the cinema and wore suitcases in one of the hotels. The first episodic role went to the guy at 24, for which he received a modest fee of $ 800.
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The first major role of the actor took place in the television series "Best Friends" (1981-82 gg.), Where he played a man in a woman's dress. Positive and itragic image of a gay actor in 1993 he embodied in the film "Philadelphia", for which he received the "Oscar". At the ceremony of awarding the award, Hanks in his grateful speech remembered the same schoolteacher and expressed his gratitude for the "trip to life", stressing that he is homosexual. By the way, when he died, Tom allocated money for the reconstruction of the school theater and asked him to be named after the teacher.
The young actor himself was a bit like a gay man, although his life did not give reasons for such suspicions: he was already married at the age of 21 - and by the time he was already a father.
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The first wife of Hanks - Samantha Lewis, who was four years older than him, and who dreamed of a film career, gave the actor two children, sacrificing her dream. In 1984, the actor became famous for his role in the comedy "Splash", and his wife once again had a hard time surviving her husband's success. Hanks made a performance for his wife, but the marriage was not so dangerous.
The second wife of the actor was Rita Wilson (real name Margarita Ibragimova). A sensual Greek woman who had Bulgarian roots. They met on the set and in 1988 got married. Rita immediately took the upper hand over her new husband: he agreed to a wedding in Greek style, moved to Orthodoxy, agreed to follow the traditions of the southern peoples, honoring all the relatives of his wife. Here's to you and the movie "My Big Greek Wedding", similar to the real story of Tom Hanks, who turned into a henpecked man.
Let's get to the point
Like her first wife, Rita gave birth to two children to Hanks and buried her own career. But she showed great concern for career.
A wedding gift for Hanks was the comedy "Big" - his first real hit. But then a couple of failures followed and after the failure of the comedy "Bonfire of conceit", the actor's career hung in the balance.
His wife advised him to change his role: everyone saw Tom in the comedic actor, but Rita was sure that he would cope with the dramatic roles perfectly. And so it happened! The first film "Their own league" (1992) was a success. Then followed a huge number of films, where the actor played dramatic roles, and behind these films and millions, "Golden Globes" and "Oscars." After the breathtaking success of the actor and a step does not, so as not to consult his wife. So, in 2004, it was with her filing that Hanks "played" in the cartoon "Polar Express", replenishing the family budget for 20 million dollars.
Again, following the advice of his wife, Hanks invests in the "Greek wedding" and ... - The film becomes the most successful of the small-budget pictures in history and collects more than 200 million dollars.
For today the actor continues to act in films: in 2013, a film with his participation "Saving Mr. Banks", where he will play the Walt Disney, is waiting.