The reason Tom Hanks was nervous about ‘Saving Private Ryan’: “I was really reluctant to do it”
Hanks was initially reticent to commit to one of his best movies.
Author: Michael Gordon
Michael is a Northern Irish writer who has plied his trade in web journalism, comic books, and screenplays. He likes to think of himself as Far Out Magazine's resident Nicolas Cage expert, although there are a few candidates for that crown. He has written comics such as 'Red Winter/Red Winter: Fallout' (Scout Comics) and 'Transdimensional' (TPub Comics), and his screenplays 'The Heretic' and 'Madigan' currently languish with thousands of other unproduced works on Coverfly.
Articles by Author: Michael Gordon
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