Tom Hanks dressed as Mr. Rogers on the set of "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood.” | TriStar Pictures
Posted on 11/22/2019 12:35:38 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Tom Hanks dressed as Mr. Rogers on the set of "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood.” | TriStar Pictures
Academy Award-winning actor Tom Hanks said playing beloved TV personality Fred Rogers in “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood" helped strengthen his own marriage.
Hanks told ET's Kevin Frazier about how he was able to apply some of the lessons from the popular TV show “Mister Rogers' Neighborhood” in his marriage to Rita Wilson.
Britain's Prince William speaks to actor Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson at the BAFTA Brits to Watch event in Los Angeles, California July 9, 2011. | (Reuters/Matt Baron)
"When my wife and I are going at it on those rare occasions, when she is letting me know that I'm not really listening to her and I'm trying to establish what the ground rules are [for the argument], when we're going at it like that, one of us will say, 'Well, you know what? You know what, honey? It's good to talk. It's good to say the things we feel,'" Hanks said in a calm Rogers-like tone while recalling a lesson he learned on using your words.
"And I learned that from Mister Rogers."
The actor, who has been married for 31 years, said he and Wilson spend their free time together cooking as a hobby.
"We make soup together," Hanks revealed. "Like, if we have a day off and there's nothing going on … it takes about two to three hours."
The film, “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,” is based on an article written by journalist Tom Junod, who formed a friendship with Rogers while writing a profile on his life and work.
Rogers worked in television for more than 30 years after graduating college. The only breaks he took from working in television were times he devoted to his Christian faith.
The TV pioneer attended Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, where he was ordained as a Presbyterian minister in 1963.
Hanks said he and Rogers don't have all that much in common.
"I don't allow anyone to take advantage of my good nature and I don't know that Fred did either," Hanks continued.
"I'm nothing like Fred Rogers in any way, shape, or form. Except, I think, I wake up in the morning thinking, 'Hey, it's a nice day, it's a good day. Let's try to make it a little bit better."
"A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood" opens in theaters nationwide on Nov. 22.
I grew up in Southern CA watching Engineer Bill and Sheriff John. Didn’t watch much PBS.
Oh yeah, the other Show I watched was Soupy Sales. Soupy was the man. I hope they do a Movie about him.
We had Checkers and Pogo in Hawaii.
Actually he wasn't. The "bird" was the successor to the Sicilian salute which was popular at that time......
Characters in Mr. Rogers’ neighborhood.
Well, he had a degree in music and was friends with jazz musicians. I bet he was hitting those doobies!
I met Tom Hanks on the street one evening a couple of blocks from my house where he was filming. It was pretty late at night. He stepped out of his trailer to go into the building where they were filming and there was no one else around on the sidewalk but me and my kid, who had been waiting outside in the cold for some time for an autograph. Hanks was rude to me in front of my kid. He is like Frank Sinatra to me now. Good at his job; but not so hot as a person.
Presumably you are referring to Hanks, not Rogers? Your post isn't clear on that point.
I was too young for Mr Roger’s, but from whay I can tell, Tom Hanks and him have nothing in common.
Mr. Rogers was a combat marine in WW11.
Well, how about the time he taught kids how to give the finger
Really? That’s what he was doing? You also work with Schiff on his impeachment evidence too?
As time goes on, I’m more inclined to believe that FR has devolved to the point that it is hosting the worst of conservatism...
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They’re part of The Knuckle Draggers Restoration Society.
Loud proud and a detrimental old bad joke.
I have a degree in music and am friends with jazz musicians. I even married one. Neither he nor I hit doobies.
No, he wasn’t.
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