Tom Hanks led a group of on- and off-screen collaborators on Sony’s A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood keeping the positive vibes going at a press conference at Toronto on Sunday. The film r…
keeping the positive vibes going at a press conference at Toronto on Sunday. The film received a warm reception following its world premiere Saturday night.
Inhabiting the role of children’s TV host Fred Rogers, who forms an unexpected bond with journalist Tom Junod , persuaded Hanks that it the film has a message the world could use right now. “Cynicism has become the default position for so much of daily structure and daily intercourse. Why?” he wondered. “Because it’s easy and there’s good money to be made at it. It’s a great product to sell.”Hanks said director Marielle Heller’s film similarly aims to offer an alternative to the often-dispiriting tenor of today’s public discourse.
Hanks, who has been interviewed for decades, as was Rogers, took evident delight in recounting the “jujitsu move” that Rogers would make when journalists asked him questions, a feat depicted in the film. “‘Mr. Rogers, don’t you ever have bad days?'” Hanks said, drawing laughs by adopting Rogers’ soothing, soft vocal pattern and twisting his body as if actually practicing a martial art.I have bad days. You must have bad days every now and again, too.
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