Star Actors Who Refused To Return for Reboots

Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks was super against doing a sequel for Forrest Gump. He said that he personally didn't see the movie as the franchise that the studio wanted it to be. “I’ll be saying ‘box of chocolates’ again about the same time that Sean Connery says, ‘I’m Bond. James Bond.” I have to confess I don’t see this as a franchise. A sequel would ruin what we had done. It would be like ‘Jaws 2,’” Tom told EW.

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.