Tom Hanks had impostor syndrome when he worked with Paul Newman

when he rolled Road to PerditionTom Hanks had already won two Oscars for best actor for Philadelphia Y Forrest Gumpapart from participating in blockbuster titles such as Big, apollo 13 Y Saving Private Ryan. However, despite those stripes, Hanks just confessed that he suffered from impostor syndrome. when he shared the scene with Paul Newman in the masterpiece that Sam Mendes premiered in 2002.

In the Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard podcast, the interpreter recalled the filming time he shared with Paul Newman while he was filming Road to Perdition: “I did a movie with Mr. Paul Newman. It took me a while to make peace with that fact; I was in a movie with Paul Newman.”, the actor repeated as if still not believing his involvement in the film. Apart from remembering that priceless professional experience, sharing anecdotes like the one that the whole team had with the protagonist of two men and one destiny. When Newman made the scene of him, there was a moment of silence and knowing the impact that his figure had on others he looked at everyone and said “The first day you feel a bit self-conscious, don’t you?”. Quickly the attitude relaxed and everyone got rid of any kind of tie and pressure.

In addition to the honor of working with a Hollywood legend, Hanks took some very practical advice from Paul Newman that he continues to carry out to this day: “You know what I learned from Paul Newman and use to this day? The first thing, before makeup, is your face submerged in a bucket of ice water”.

Newman passed away in 2008. His last performance was to double the character of doc hudson in the movie cars and outside of animation, he nailed nuanced work for Road to Perdition, taking on the role of mobster leader John Rooney. His work gave him in the same way, the definitive Oscar nomination, although the statuette ended up being taken by Chris Cooper for The Orchid Thief. Where he did end up winning the award was for the color of money by Martin Scorsese.

We have recently seen Tom Hans in the role of Colonel Tom Parker, manager of the King of Rock on the tape Elvis and making of Geppetto in the live action of Pinocchioavailable from last Thursday on Disney +.