Tom Hanks Admits He Couldn’t Do Oscar-Winning ‘Philadelphia’ Role Today

Some 28 years ago, Tom Hanks won an Oscar for Philadelphia, in which he played a gay man seeking justice over being fired for his HIV status. That was then. But in the here-and-now, Hanks told The New York Times Magazine  that he could never play that role today, and understands why. “Could a straight man […]

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