Tom Hanks reveals the Hollywood legend he’s mistaken for ‘all the time’

Tom Hanks mightiness beryllium 1 of the astir celebrated men successful Hollywood but it turns retired that fans inactive attack him reasoning he’s a wholly antithetic actor.

The 68-year-old has lit up the surface countless times implicit the years, including successful Forrest Gump, Cast Away, the Green Mile and A Man Called Otto, which is currently leaving Netflix viewers successful floods of tears.

Despite commanding a decades-long career successful the spotlight, helium explained that radical often get him and Michael Keaton mixed up.

During an quality connected the Happy, Sad, Confused podcast to beforehand his caller film, Here – which has not gone down good with critics – the big questioned whether helium had ever been confused for different actor.

‘Oh, Keaton each the time,’ helium rapidly replied. ‘Yeah, maine and Michael are immoderate signifier of unusual doppelgänger backmost from a agelong clip ago.

‘They don’t accidental “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” to maine exactly. But a batch of time, “Hey, were you successful that?” I get that.’

Tom’s son, Colin Hanks, played into the similarities connected societal media, antecedently sharing a representation of Michael to observe his dad’s day successful 2019.

‘Wanna privation a Happy 63rd Birthday to my dad!!! He’s a bully antheral with a large consciousness of humor,’ helium wrote astatine the time.

‘Love ya Pops!’

Beneath the post, which is inactive visible, fans shared their delight successful the comments, while besides throwing different names into the mix.

Sherwinstark penned: ‘He kinda looks similar Michael Keaton successful this picture! @colinhanks @michaelkeatondouglas.’

Ftadave88 agreed: ‘You look precisely similar your dada Mike close here.’

_jeanieg_ yelled: ‘HAPPY BIRTHDAY BILL MURRAY!!!’

‘Strong household resemblance!!,’ Suetraina quipped.

As Hein.Robert added: ‘Tom Hanks is the champion Batman ever.’

It was rumored that Tom was offered the relation of the iconic superhero before Michael jumped into the costume for Batman successful 1989, and the Batman Returns sequel 3 years later.

The Terminal fable has since poured acold h2o connected the speculation portion connected the Graham Norton Show, insisting: ‘Wouldn’t that beryllium comical? No, never. Can you ideate maine successful that suit?

‘Michael Keaton was a fabulous Batman, helium was mysterious. If I had grabbed a atrocious feline and shook him similar that. And helium said, “Who are you?!” and you heard maine saying, “I’m Batman!”

‘It conscionable would not person worked out, nary substance what they did to the dependable box.’

On Michael’s part, helium confirmed that helium whitethorn person turned down playing Allen successful 1984’s Splash, the relation that really served arsenic 1 of Tom’s archetypal starring roles.

‘I truly can’t retrieve present whether it was Tom oregon John’s role,’ helium said successful a lengthy interrogation with Grantland. ‘I conscionable retrieve astatine the clip reasoning I wanted to get distant from what I’d conscionable done on Night Shift.

‘I thought if I bash it again, I mightiness get myself stuck. So then Mr Mom came on … So I said nary [to Splash] truthful I could acceptable up this model close distant wherever I could bash antithetic things.’

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