Tom Hanks Says He and Forrest Gump Costar Robin Wright 'Picked Up Right Where We Left Off' When Reuniting for New Film

Tom Hanks says it was “so easy” to reconnect with Robin Wright on the set of their new film Here.

Speaking on the red carpet of the film’s world premiere at the AFI Fest in Los Angeles on Friday, October 25, Hanks, 68, opened up about what it’s like to work with his Forrest Gump Costar — along with director Robert Zemeckis — 30 years after the film’s 1994 release.

“Everyone was [saying]’Oh, how was it, the reunion?’ ” Hanks recalled seeing Wright, 58, on the set again after so many years. “You know what it was? It was like, ‘Hey, how are you?’ ”

“We just picked up where we left off,” Hanks continued. “I’ll say we love each other because we’re so easy with each other. It was a luxury to be able to come and have the same conversations we’ve been having for the last 30 years after a moment of, ‘Hey, this goofy look, can you believe this?’ ”

Tom Hanks and Robin Wright at the world premiere of ‘Here’ in Los Angeles on October 25, 2024.

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Tom Hanks and Robin Wright loved theirs Forrest Gump Reunion in Here: ‘We know each other so well’ (Exclusive)

Hanks was candid about how he and Wright immediately clicked as soon as they got back together for Hereyears after filming Forrest Gumpin which the couple played childhood friends who get married by the end of the film.

In an exclusive look behind the scenes HereWright said working with Hanks and Zemeckis, 72, was easy, adding, “There’s nothing like working with people you know and are compatible with.”

“We all know each other so well,” Hanks interjected. “We were able to put our heads together and know exactly what we wanted to try differently.”

According to the synopsis, Here is about “multiple families and the special place they inhabit. The story travels through generations, recording the most recognizable human experiences.”

The film, which also stars Paul Bettany, Kelly Reilly and Michelle Dockery, is “a story of love, loss, laughter and life, all happening right here,” the synopsis added.

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Tom Hanks and Robin Wright star in ‘Here’.

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For Hanks, the film’s themes — including the passage of time and how families connect across generations — rang true.

“I think, strangely enough, the theme of the first, Forrest Gumpit was like, it was about what we had gone, right? Because there was so much,” Hanks said at Friday’s premiere. “There was Vietnam and the ’60s and ’70s, we got here. Look what we’ve been through.”

“[Here] is about look what we go through. It almost removes the past tense. What do we go through to get here?” he continued. “We’re talking about it, because it’s Native Americans in this thing. There are people who lived hundreds of years ago in this place, and did not know that they were living in the past. They didn’t have our perspective of who they are, what they’ve been through.”

They were only dealing with the most modern times, the most modern technology, the most current version of what was happening, the actor added. “They didn’t realize that by the time we get to 2024, they’re going to be obsolete. None of us do.”

Here it’s in theaters on November 1.

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