{"id":454501,"date":"2022-05-27T23:07:33","date_gmt":"2022-05-27T20:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/tom-hanks-on-controversial-elvis-biopic-what-have-i-done\/"},"modified":"2022-05-27T23:07:33","modified_gmt":"2022-05-27T20:07:33","slug":"tom-hanks-on-controversial-elvis-biopic-what-have-i-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/tom-hanks-on-controversial-elvis-biopic-what-have-i-done\/","title":{"rendered":"#Tom Hanks on controversial &#8216;Elvis&#8217; biopic: &#8216;What have I done?&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a373508a6e8b\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a373508a6e8b\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/tom-hanks-on-controversial-elvis-biopic-what-have-i-done\/#%E2%80%9CTom_Hanks_on_controversial_%E2%80%98Elvis_biopic_%E2%80%98What_have_I_done%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Tom Hanks on controversial &#8216;Elvis&#8217; biopic: &#8216;What have I done?&#8217;&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1>&#8220;Tom Hanks on controversial &#8216;Elvis&#8217; biopic: &#8216;What have I done?'&#8221;<\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Tom Hanks has questioned his decision to play Colonel Tom Parker \u2014 who was Elvis Presley\u2019s infamous longtime manager \u2014 in the upcoming biopic \u201cElvis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 65-year-old Oscar winner discussed why he decided to portray him \u2014 and how director Baz Luhrmann convinced him to do so \u2014 at the Cannes Film Festival on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not interested in playing a bad guy just for the sake of, \u2018Before I kill you, Mr. Bond, perhaps you\u2019d like a tour of my installations.\u2019 That\u2019s OK, I get it, but that\u2019s for other stuff,\u201d\u00a0the \u201cForrest Gump\u201d actor noted<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/movies\/cannes-film-festival-tom-hanks-on-playing-colonel-parker-in-elvis\/\"> via People<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Hanks donned prosthetics and hefty cosmetics to become the real-life legend, though he confessed at the French film fest that he \u201cdid not know what Colonel Tom Parker looked like.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that Luhrmann described the Colonel as a \u201cgreat carney,\u201d or carnival worker.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe carney\u2019s job is to bring people to the glittering lights on the outside of town, promise them something they\u2019ve never experienced before, and then, almost giving it to them, at a cost,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen he said that, I said, \u2018I\u2019m your man \u2014 now, please, show me a picture.\u2019 \u201c<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/tom-hanks-comp.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"tom-hanks\" class=\"wp-image-22442420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/tom-hanks-comp.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/tom-hanks-comp.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/tom-hanks-comp.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Tom Hanks revealed at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival why he decided to take up the role of Elvis Presley\u2019s longtime manager, Colonel Tom Parker.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">IMDB\/Warner Bros.; Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/tom-hanks-04.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Austin Butler as Elvis Presley and Tom Hanks as his manager, Colonel Tom Parker, in the biopic &quot;Elvis.&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-22443604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/tom-hanks-04.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/tom-hanks-04.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/tom-hanks-04.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Austin Butler as Elvis Presley and Tom Hanks as his manager, Colonel Tom Parker, in the biopic \u201cElvis.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">IMDb\/Warner Bros.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Unfortunately, Hanks realized he would need help from a makeup team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen he showed me a picture of the Colonel, I thought, \u2018Oh, my God, what have I done?&#8217;\u201d he said of signing up for the contentious, controversial musical drama, which stars Austin Butler as the King of Rock \u2018n\u2019 Roll. The film has gotten some bad reviews already, with one critic <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidehrlich\/status\/1529545882311753728\">labeling it \u201ca nightmare\u201d<\/a> and another specifically calling out Hanks\u2019 role as \u201cpossibly the most insufferable movie character ever conceived\u201d and \u201carguably the least <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ealing performance of his career.\u201d <\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>But Hanks apparently saw potential in the part.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Parker was] a mercurial and brilliant man who at the same time made sure he lined his own pockets,\u201d Hanks noted. \u201cHe knew that about Elvis the first time he saw Elvis\u2019 effect on an audience \u2026 He realized that guy was forbidden fruit, and you can make an awful lot of money on forbidden fruit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Parker discovered Presley in 1955, and the pair worked together up until the \u201cHeartbreak Hotel\u201d singer\u2019s death in 1977. Parker died in 1997 at the age of 87.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere would have been no Elvis without Colonel Tom Parker; there would have been no Colonel Tom Parker without Elvis. A symbiotic relationship,\u201d Hanks added. \u201cWhat Baz tantalized me with was, here was a guy who saw an opportunity to manifest a once-in-a-lifetime talent into a cultural force.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/tom-hanks-01.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"&quot;Elvis&quot; Photocall - The 75th Annual Cannes Film Festival\" class=\"wp-image-22442416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/tom-hanks-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/tom-hanks-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/tom-hanks-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Elvis Presley\u2019s widow Priscilla Presley is shown with Olivia DeJonge, Austin Butler, director Baz Luhrmann and Tom Hanks at the \u201cElvis\u201d screening at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival on May 26.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Prosthetics and \u201cinsufferable\u201d portrayal aside, fans apparently also were weary about the \u201cCaptain Philips\u201d actor\u2019s weird accent for Parker, who was Dutch-American. But Hanks reportedly\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2022\/film\/global\/elvis-tom-hanks-accent-austin-butler-1235278327\/\">avoided a question<\/a>\u00a0about his \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThePopDarling\/status\/1529602132076290051\">ridiculous<\/a>\u201d accent at the festival and simply gushed over the late music entrepreneur\u2019s legacy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cElvis\u201d will swing its hips into theaters on June 24.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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