Fascinating Facts About ‘Forrest Gump’
I Understood That Reference…
There’s a scene in the film when Lt. Dan tells Forrest that the day he works on a shrimp boat is the day that he will become an astronaut. This is a subtle nod to the original novel that had Gump actually become an astronaut!
Weirdly, fate would reunite Hanks and Gary Sinise the following year in Apollo 13. In the 1995 film, the actors both play astronauts! Would you like to have seen Forrest Gump go to space?
