Believe it or not: Not everybody knows whoTom Hanksis.
The actor, 63, was a good sport when he saw aclip ofJeopardycontestants blank on his namewhile answering a question about his latest film,A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood.
“You are kidding me! You are kidding me!” Hanks said laughing, when presented with the footage onJimmy Kimmel Live!“They didn’t even have any wrong suggestions? Bing, Woody Harrelson? Bing, Mahershala Ali?”
He continued, joking, “What was the name of the category? Washed up career choices for 800? Bad casting for 1000, Alex?”
Kimmel, 52, responded, “I look at it as you inhabited that character so beautifully that even they were absorbed instantaneously!”
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The recent episode ofJeopardy!left fans screaming at their television screens when the contestants were unable to identify the actor. After contestant Beverly selected the “Biopic” category, the group was shown a video of Hanks starring as children’s television icon Mr. Rogers in his new film,A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood.
Complete silence from the contestants followed.
While Beverly did eventually buzz in, she was too late.
“The film opens Friday,” said Trebek, 79. “That’s Tom Hanks. Not quickly enough, Beverly.”
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Hanks admitted in an interview withCBS Morning Newsthat he initially turned down the role “a couple of times” before Heller convinced him he was able to do it.
“He came in and immediately called me ‘boss,'” she tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue. “He knows I’m setting the tone and he’s respectful of letting that be the case even though he’s Tom Hanks, which is just amazing.”
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhoodis now playing in theaters.
source: people.com
