But forA League of Their Own, directorPenny MarshalladvisedTom Hanksto do just the opposite.
“She said, ‘Well, you’re a drunk.’
But then I said, ‘Well, why am I a drunk?'”
Tom Hanks and Geena Davis in ‘A League of Their Own’.Columbia Pictures/Everett
From that question, the actor and director went on to a breakthrough.
But eventually he realized, “Oh, I know what happened.
I blew my knee out trying to get out of a woman’s hotel room.
Tom Hanks, Geena Davis, and Lori Petty in ‘A League of Their Own’.Everett Collection
And that cost me my career.”
Hanks made only two films with Marshall,BigandA League of Their Own.
As soon as Marshall said that, Hanks responded, “‘I completely understand that.
Marshall died in 2018at the age of 75.
Hankspublicly mourned heron the site formerly known as Twitter, writing, “Goodbye, Penny.
Man, did we laugh a lot!
Wish we still could.
In 2022, director Anne Fletcher honored Penny and her late brotherGarry Marshallwith aHocus Pocus 2Easter egg.
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