Fascinating Facts About ‘Forrest Gump’

Character Changes

It’s common knowledge that the film version of Forrest Gump is vastly different from the original novel on which it’s based. For example, Gump isn’t passive and naive in the book – rather, he’s a lot more abrasive and cynical.

And that famous ‘box of chocolates’ line? Turns out it goes something like this: “Let me say this: bei’n a idiot is no box of chocolates. People laugh, lose patience, treat you shabby. Now they says folks s’posed to be kind to the afflicted, but let me tell you – it ain’t always that way.”