Tom Hanks has a new look, but don’t expect too much. He’s warning that he has a “horrible haircut”.
In the last edition of British’s The Graham Norton Show, Hanks explained in a virtual interview that he shaved his head to play Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis Presley’s manager, in the long-awaited biopic of director Baz Luhrmann. Hanks didn’t like the look so much that he wore a baseball cap for most of the conversation – one with the logo of his production company, Playtone Productions – and removed it only briefly. “Let me show you the horrible haircut I need to do,” said Hanks before doing it.
“I just scared the kids,” joked Hanks. “I want to apologize for showing up.”
O World News The star appeared at the show in Australia, where filming of the film resumed in September. Production ended in March, after Hanks was one of the first celebrities to go public with a COVID-19 diagnosis. Hanks and his wife, actress Rita Wilson, reported that they felt good after a brief hospitalization with the coronavirus.
Hanks previously showed his shaved head in the state Late show with Stephen Colbert. During an interview earlier this month, he explained that he had to use the razor and wear a series of wigs to portray Presley’s longtime businessman, whom Hanks described as “a genius and a scoundrel”. The actor joked that the actors playing the gorillas in Monkey’s Planet spent less time in the makeup chair than he did.
Presley’s film is now scheduled to be released in November 2021. Hanks will star opposite Once upon a time … in HollywoodAustin Butler, who plays the “King of Rock ‘n’ Roll”.
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