{"id":483768,"date":"2026-06-18T14:16:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T14:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/483768\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T14:16:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T14:16:14","slug":"tom-hanks-reveals-the-scene-from-award-winning-film-he-still-cant-watch-i-leave-the-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/483768\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Hanks reveals the scene from award-winning film he still can\u2019t watch: \u2018I leave the room\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Tom Hanks<\/a>\u2019 2000 film Cast Away remains a go-to favourite for plenty of film fans, but there\u2019s one scene the film\u2019s lead actor can\u2019t bring himself to watch. <\/p>\n

The Robert Zemeckis-directed classic charts the life of FedEx employee Chuck Norland (Hanks), who is presumed dead after his plane crashes in the Pacific Ocean. <\/p>\n

Unbeknownst to the rest of the world, Chuck has survived and \u2013 with his volleyball Wilson<\/a> as his sole companion \u2013 is plotting a return home. <\/p>\n

Before boarding the plane, Chuck\u2019s girlfriend Kelly gives him a pocket watch with her photograph in it and when he finally makes it back years later, he visits her house to return it. But the emotional scene is one Hanks doesn\u2019t enjoy. <\/p>\n

Appearing on the latest episode of The Rest is Entertainment, the 69-year-old explained: \u201cThere is a moment […] in Cast Away in which I am back and Chuck is back in Kelly\u2019s house and he gives her his, her watch back. And there\u2019s a moment where I just think I\u2019m not there. <\/p>\n

\"SurvivalSurvival drama \u2018Cast Away\u2019 is a fan favourite (20th Century Fox)<\/p>\n

\u201cAll it is is a turnaround on me, but I do this gesture that I just think is false and is me and is not Chuck. And if the movie is on, I will get up and leave the room before that scene comes on.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cast Away, which reunited Hanks with Forrest Gump director Zemeckis, earned two Oscar nominations, including a Best Actor nod for its lead star. <\/p>\n

At the Golden Globes, Hanks\u2019 portrayal of the shipwrecked protagonist also won him the Best Actor accolade and he was nominated for the same award at the Baftas. <\/p>\n

The actor is currently promoting the fifth film instalment in the Toy Story franchise, which arrives in UK cinemas on Friday (19 June). <\/p>\n

\"TomTom Hanks reprises his role as Woody for ‘Toy Story 5’ (Getty)<\/p>\n

The actor, who has voiced the cowboy doll Woody<\/a> since the original Toy Story<\/a> was released in 1995, has said the new film tackles the \u201cterror\u201dof children\u2019s screen time<\/a>. <\/p>\n

In the latest instalment of the Pixar’s franchise<\/a>, Woody, Buzz Lightyear and Jessie find themselves competing with a new kind of rival: a frog-shaped tablet called Lilypad, voiced by Greta Lee. <\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a moment in the movie where we look out on the cityscape and we see that blue glow of a phone in bedrooms<\/a> and whatnot, and it does strike terror into the heart,\u201d he told the BBC. <\/p>\n

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