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IronLionZion

(45,427 posts)
Sat Nov 11, 2017, 02:34 PM Nov 2017

Another Actress Steps Forward Accusing Tom Hanks of Being Nice

https://bluerockpublicradio.com/another-actress-steps-forward-accusing-tom-hanks-of-being-nice-f4eec3485206



In the latest of a series of recent allegations about the Academy Award-winning actor, actress Veronica Warren revealed Thursday that Tom Hanks was extremely kind to her on the set of the 2006 film The Da Vinci Code.

“He gave me half of his sandwich when he saw our food supply was running low,” said Warren, who was only 17 at the time. “And it wasn’t just one instance. The entire time I was on set he repeatedly exposed himself to me as a thoroughly decent human being.”

Warren is just the latest actress to tell her story, coming just days after Zoe Tanowitz recounted the time Hanks entered her dressing room and performed an impromptu song and dance number for her birthday. Actress Georgia Moreno, Hanks’s co-star in The Green Mile, noted last month that the actor would regularly force himself upon the crew, insisting on helping them clean up equipment after shoots.

“We kept saying ‘stop it, stop it, you’re too kind,’” said Warren. “But he persisted.”

In response to the allegations, Hanks’s spokesperson said he was unavailable for comment due to the fact that he was abroad on a humanitarian mission helping drought victims in Somalia.
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Another Actress Steps Forward Accusing Tom Hanks of Being Nice (Original Post) IronLionZion Nov 2017 OP
He should be horse whipped. defacto7 Nov 2017 #1
Nice is a sign of weakness in losers these days. Nice guys finish last IronLionZion Nov 2017 #3
True.. and no time for human rights or rule of law. defacto7 Nov 2017 #6
How refreshing True Dough Nov 2017 #2
I'll have to admit, it put a tear in my eye. defacto7 Nov 2017 #7
He's the last hope for mankind... hlthe2b Nov 2017 #4
I don't care how many accusers he has. If he says he's an *sshole, I believe him! unblock Nov 2017 #5
I have someone in my close family Neema Nov 2017 #8
I covered Hollywood for the AP for nine years. NOBODY ever had a bad thing to say about Tom Hanks. calimary Nov 2017 #10
So glad to hear it. I would be shattered to find out differently at this point. Neema Nov 2017 #18
Gods that's 2 in the same number of days..He MUST be guilty as fuck, Volaris Nov 2017 #9
LOL! (For a second, I was afraid there was going to be a "me, too" re Hanks....Nooo! But it wasn't.) Honeycombe8 Nov 2017 #11
Is this real or satire? NewJeffCT Nov 2017 #12
It is a satirical piece caraher Nov 2017 #14
Satire, but people who know him claim he really is as good and decent as he appears IronLionZion Nov 2017 #15
Reminds me of Paul Newman wryter2000 Nov 2017 #21
Good gawd, scared me half to death! Lil Missy Nov 2017 #13
me too! when i saw the first one i nearly died... samnsara Nov 2017 #16
Here he is, showing his true self on SNL: spooky3 Nov 2017 #17
I love that skit wryter2000 Nov 2017 #19
Brilliant, isnt it? spooky3 Nov 2017 #22
Love it! IronLionZion Nov 2017 #20

IronLionZion

(45,427 posts)
3. Nice is a sign of weakness in losers these days. Nice guys finish last
Sat Nov 11, 2017, 02:43 PM
Nov 2017

Winners take what they want and don't care how you feel about it. America doesn't have time for consent.

True Dough

(17,301 posts)
2. How refreshing
Sat Nov 11, 2017, 02:41 PM
Nov 2017

I keep wanting to believe there are good people in Hollywood too. I'd be thoroughly disappointed if Tom Hanks wasn't one of them.

defacto7

(13,485 posts)
7. I'll have to admit, it put a tear in my eye.
Sat Nov 11, 2017, 02:58 PM
Nov 2017

There are good people in the world. I hope more of them get outed.

hlthe2b

(102,225 posts)
4. He's the last hope for mankind...
Sat Nov 11, 2017, 02:49 PM
Nov 2017

I have repeatedly posted that I could no longer be shocked by a celebrity, politician, friend or neighbor being exposed as a sleezebag with ONE exception---my favorite among favorites, Tom Hanks.

Neema

(1,151 posts)
8. I have someone in my close family
Sat Nov 11, 2017, 03:45 PM
Nov 2017

who has worked with him. In fact they've worked with a lot of people. My relative isn't A-list or even B-list, but gets steady work and has been in the business for a long time, so it's a unique perspective. I always ask my family member "what is [actor's name] really like" and they'll always tell me. Some answers have really disappointed me. But I was happy to hear that Tom Hanks is "every bit as kind and funny and generous as you could ever imagine a person being."

Anyway, I know this is a jokey thread, but I just wanted to add that.

calimary

(81,220 posts)
10. I covered Hollywood for the AP for nine years. NOBODY ever had a bad thing to say about Tom Hanks.
Sat Nov 11, 2017, 04:34 PM
Nov 2017

He's got the biggest fan club imaginable - inside the industry as well as outside of it.

Neema

(1,151 posts)
18. So glad to hear it. I would be shattered to find out differently at this point.
Sat Nov 11, 2017, 06:05 PM
Nov 2017

I've been so disappointed by finding out that some of my other favorites are awful. Aside from my relative, I have another close friend who works for a major network and deals with certain actors regularly–usually having to spend a full day or more with them at a time. My friend always gives them a pass at first because someone can always be having a bad day. But if the second or third time working with them is bad as well, my friend mentally blacklists them. Not that they know or care, but my friend will never see anything starring them again. And my friend is super nice and super professional, so you'd have to be a real jackhole to earn a blacklisting.

Volaris

(10,270 posts)
9. Gods that's 2 in the same number of days..He MUST be guilty as fuck,
Sat Nov 11, 2017, 04:10 PM
Nov 2017

And a real great human being.

Apparently, this has been going on with him forever...Jeeze what a Mensch.
Man, and ya thought ya knew a guy...

IronLionZion

(45,427 posts)
15. Satire, but people who know him claim he really is as good and decent as he appears
Sat Nov 11, 2017, 05:28 PM
Nov 2017

and would be a good role model. I'm sure he is watched very closely and someone would come forward if it isn't true.



samnsara

(17,616 posts)
16. me too! when i saw the first one i nearly died...
Sat Nov 11, 2017, 05:31 PM
Nov 2017

..through out all this I'm crossing my fingers and hoping NOT Tom Hanks.... NOT Chris Pine and Not Morgan Freeman ( esp not morgan freeman)

That's my NOT list!

also add
Jon Stewart
Stephen Colbert
ANY male cast member of SNL
ANY male member of MASH

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