Tom Hanks’ most “badass” role, according to Steven Spielberg: “A special assignment”
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Saving Private Ryan Archives: 04/2025
The director who shares a brain with Tom Hanks: “We were both a little nervous”
“One of the happiest experiences I’ve ever had.”
Tom Hanks names his most challenging role: “The hardest work that is to be done”
“I was immediately dry-mouthed.”
The producers kicked out of ‘Saving Private Ryan’: “You know going in what the score is”
What Spielberg wants, Spielberg gets.
The only ‘Saving Private Ryan’ actor everyone liked: “There were some unpleasant characters”
The actors had their moments of frustration.
Steven Spielberg justifies the violence in ‘Saving Private Ryan’: “It’s what really happened”
There was a method behind Spielberg’s embrace of the horrors of war.
The iconic ‘Saving Private Ryan’ scene that was only shot once: “It was a one-take wonder”
No need to do it again.