Fascinating Facts About ‘Forrest Gump’

Gump in Space?

We’ve noted that the character of Forrest is different in the novel than in the film – but what about their lives? It turns out that the Forrest in the book has a few different adventures than the ones we know.

According to Winston Groom’s novel of the same name, Gump makes time to become an astronaut and go into space! As well as that, he also becomes a professional wrestler and a chess player. Those are quite different professions!