Tom Hanks has done a great number of movies that have impacted his career in the utmost positive manner. From being an Oscar-winning to earning the respect of not only his co-stars but also the biggest directors Hollywood has seen, to being a dedicated actor and filmmaker. His range is explicable to a point where fans find themselves fawning over him no matter what his era is.
Having worked with directors like Steven Spielberg, there is no doubt that his talents find the best way to be presented to an audience. However, not all of his movies had been smashing hits. Some broke records, some skyrocketed his career, but there were few that did not stand out as much as he would have liked.
Tom Hanks was in Awe of The Matrix Directors’ Movie
Tom Hanks has done a lot of movies, however, there was one film that caught his attention in a way that no other did. Working with The Matrix directors, he made the film, Cloud Atlas. The film was the only one of his own that he decided to watch more than once. While talking to The Guardian, the actor explained as to how the movie quite literally changed something inside of him.
“Like, I made a movie that altered my entire consciousness – Cloud Atlas – I thought, jeez, this thing is so fab; it’s the only movie I’ve been in that I’ve seen more than twice. And it didn’t do any business. And there’s nothing you can do about it. And you must allow yourself a week of thinking, jeez, I’m so bummed out.”
He went to watch it twice and the fact that it did not make a lot in the box office was something he did not like at all. It made only a little over its budget, making a total of $130.5 Million as per Box Office Mojo.
Tom Hanks Thinks 80% of Movies Flop
Seeing the underwhelming box office response that Cloud Atlas gave despite its praise, Tom Hanks came to understand that movies don’t always work out no matter how much he works on them. When talking with The Guardian, he found himself unable to do anything to help the film but came to terms with the fact that it is often an all-or-nothing situation.
“But that’s not the only reason to do it. It’s lovely when it all works and you get ballyhooed. But if it’s 50/50, you’re way ahead of the game. In reality, I think it’s more like 80/20; 80% of what you do doesn’t work.”
He explained how a 50-50 chance of a movie doing good or bad is not that at all. In fact, it is more of an 80-20 situation, where the 80% follows the fact that the film did not make as much or reach the audience in a manner he would have hoped for.
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Source: The Guardian
