Hollywood legend Tom Hanks is still waiting for a call from Marvel Studios.
Double Oscar-winner for his roles in Philadelphia and Forrest Gump, the 65-year-old has worked tirelessly since the '80s, but the universe of superheroes has evaded him.
Joining the SmartLess podcast earlier this month, Hanks told hosts Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes and Will Arnett that he'd be offered a peripheral character if any.
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"Here's the problem. First of all, they've never called me once. Nope, nope, never," said the actor.
"And I think that if one of these days they will, they'd say: 'Is there any way you'd consider playing a secretary of defense?' You know, a guy who comes and says: 'Please, help us Ultraman, we can't survive!' I'd be one of those guys. I don't get to play the punk..." he theorised.
Going against his usual character type, we think the studio should put a villainous character on the table for Hanks. With Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness coming out next year, who knows, maybe Captain Phillips will show up?
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As for the actor's most recent work, you can find him in Apple TV+'s post-apocalyptic drama Finch.
Awarding it four stars, Digital Spy's review read: "Those looking for conflict won't be served by Finch as, one tense night-time sequence aside, [director Miguel] Sapochnik keeps things low-key. The threat is built into the world with the deadly sunlight (due to a lack of an ozone layer), and Sapochnik smartly avoids piling on the apocalyptic clichés with any manipulated sequences of crisis.
"It means that Tom Hanks has a tough job of keeping Finch engaging when he's the only human on screen, but if you're going to have any actor carry a movie by himself, you'd choose Hanks. It's an exceptional performance that takes the simple premise – a man, dog and his robot on a road trip – and elevates it into something affecting and life-affirming."
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Dan is a freelance entertainment journalist. Beginning his writing career in 2014, Dan's work first graced the pages of cult publications Starburst magazine and Little White Lies before moving onto Total Film, Digital Spy, NME and Yahoo Entertainment.
In the film and TV universe, he kneels at the altar of Jim Carrey, Daniel Plainview, Mike Ehrmantraut and Paulie Walnuts.
