Tim McGraw Is Responsible for Tom Hanks’ ‘1883’ Cameo
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Doing what you love for a living is a piece of cake. Doing what you love with the people you love is the icing on the cake. That was the case for Tim McGraw when his pal — and two-time Oscar winner — Tom Hanks agreed to do a cameo on the Yellowstone prequel in which McGraw stars, 1883.
“It was pretty spectacular for Tom Hanks to show up and do the scene,” McGraw shares with his label, Big Machine Label Group. “We’ve been friends for such a long time. We’re family friends forever. Our kids are friends, Faith and Rita are best friends, and so to ask him to do this scene and he says, ‘Sure, I’ll be there. Tell me when,’ was just so incredible.”
Hanks’ short-lived role was that of Civil War General George Meade, who served in the war alongside James Dutton (McGraw). The country singer says the battleground scene “is one of the most moving scenes in the show,” as the war left his character with post-traumatic stress disorder.
Having a friend and an acting professional there helped McGraw navigate the heavy moment.
“No matter how good of friends you are and how well you know someone, when you’re sitting there in a scene that’s that emotional and you see Tom Hanks walk up in a Union uniform, and look at you and say, ‘Captain.’ And then he just sat beside me and he puts his hand on my shoulder and he goes, ‘I know.’ I just fell apart,” McGraw confesses. “That’s somebody that knows what they’re doin’. He was just really good.”
Hanks’ wife, Rita Wilson, also got in on the 1883 fun. She and Faith Hill share a scene in which a storekeeper named Carolyn (Wilson) offers Margaret Dutton (Hill) some whiskey punch to decompress. The encounter happens during a stop at Doan’s Crossing.
1883 serves as the prequel to Paramount’s hit show, Yellowstone. The series follows the journey of John Dutton’s (Kevin Costner), great-grandparents, James and Margaret Dutton as they travel from Texas to Montana in hopes of a better life.
Stream new episodes of 1883 Sunday nights on Paramount+.
Famous People: Watch For Movie Star Tom Hanks in Cape May This Year
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Rumor has it….
Stop me if you heard this before: A celebrity - a big movie star - has apparently recently purchased a home in Cape May.
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We mentioned on our Cat Country Morning Show a Tom Hanks connection to the Wildwood and Cape May area (we’ll get to that in a second) and immediately we received messages that Tom Hanks has bought a home in Cape May.
We stress that this is just a rumor at this point and we cannot confirm that fact. As a matter of fact, we haven’t heard any rumors about the movie star ever being spotted in South Jersey.
Hanks, of course, is one of the biggest movie stars of our generation - he’s won Oscars for Best Actor for “Forrest Gump” and “Philadelphia”, and has been nominated for his performances in “Big”, “Saving Private Ryan”, “Castaway” and more.
Now, here’s the thing that makes us wonder if we’ll be seeing Tom stroll along the streets of Cape May or the Wildwood Boardwalk this summer: His wife, Rita Wilson, has just been announced as being a performer at this summer’s Barefoot Country Music Fest in Wildwood!
That’s a move that NO ONE saw coming! We know Rita was an actress, but a country singer? Apparently so!
We checked - here she is on a song with the legendary Vince Gill:
Crazy, right?
By the way, you can lock into your tickets for the Barefoot Country Music Fest in Wildwood right here.
So, the Tom Hanks on Cape May County watch begins now. Let us know if you see him!
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The bedrooms have been decorated to pay tribute to McEntire, Patsy Cline, Willie Nelson, Garth Brooks, Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn and Johnny Cash.
With recent additions over the last few years, the space is now set to become a resort and spa that’s “the ideal setting for nationally recognized corporate events, retreats, charity galas, weddings, concerts and ticketed events.”
PICTURES: See Inside Carrie Underwood’s Beautiful Post-‘American Idol’ Home Carrie Underwood invested her money wisely after winning American Idol in 2005. One of her first big purchases was a 3,099-square-foot home in the well-to-do Nashville suburb of Franklin, Tenn. Underwood paid $384,000 for a luxurious 3-bedroom, 3.5-bathroom stone and stucco home in a private gated community.
The house features a library, a vaulted ceiling and lovely amenities throughout, but while it’s very nice, it’s certainly not the kind of home you’d picture for a budding country superstar. Underwood wound up being a huge success right out of the gate with her debut album, Some Hearts, and she sold the home in Franklin for $372,500 in 2007, when she purchased the Brentwood mansion that she would later share with her husband, Mike Fisher.
‘1883’ Star Tom Hanks Is Probably Thrilled About Rita Wilson’s “Secret” on Instagram
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Tim McGraw and Faith Hill aren’t the only power couple going back in time in the Yellowstone prequel series, 1883. Though Rita Wilson may have missed her husband, Tom Hanks, by a few episodes, she will soon be adding the western drama to her résumé.
On January 5, Variety exclusively reported that Rita is guest starring in an upcoming episode of the Paramount+ show as a storekeeper named Carolyn. When Margaret Dutton, played by Faith, makes a stop at Doan’s Crossing, Carolyn offers her “some whiskey punch” to decompress. From what? Rita didn’t say, but after the exciting news broke, she took to Instagram to celebrate her new role.
“The secret is out — I’ll be joining my friends @faithhill and @thetimmcgraw on the show @1883official this season!” she captioned a behind-the-scenes photo of herself and Faith. “Keep up with episodes every Sunday on @paramountplus to catch a glimpse of yours truly 🤠.”
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Upon hearing that Rita is officially joining the cast, fans of the new hit series flooded the comments section with heartwarming messages about her next gig.
“Congratulations. Wonderful photo. Your hair amazing! Happy for you. 😍❤️,” one person wrote. “YASSS!! What an incredible show, incredible cast…you will be a wonderful addition!!,” a different fan said. “That’s great! When we saw Tom in one episode, we wondered when we’d see you! Love the show,” someone noted.
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As folks may know, Tom appeared in the second episode of 1883 titled “Behind Us, A Cliff,” which aired on December 19. The prolific actor guest starred as a Union soldier named General George Meade who tried to console James Dutton, played by Tim, after he survived the Battle of Antietam.
While Tom hasn’t reacted to the news on social media — he hasn’t been active on Instagram or Twitter since 2020 — we have a feeling he’s super excited for Rita. Last summer when Tim and Faith landed their roles, Rita left the duo a kind message on Instagram. “You guys are going to be so good in this,” she wrote in the comments section of a post.
And now, we have a feeling Rita will do an amazing job, too!
Selena Barrientos Associate Entertainment and News Editor Selena Barrientos is the associate entertainment and news editor for Good Housekeeping — she writes and reports on the latest shows and movies, in addition to spotlighting Latinx celebrities.
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Tom Hanks Movies: The Simple Reason He Started Doing More Serious Dramas
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Today, Tom Hanks is a two-time Academy Award winner and acclaimed actor even for those movies that didn’t win awards. It may be hard for fans of modern Tom Hanks movies to realize that there was a time when Hanks doing drama was considered a risk. Hanks said there was a much simpler reason he was allowed to start taking those risks in the ‘90s.
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Hanks appeared on the Smartless podcast on Nov. 1. When hosts Sean Hayes, Will Arnett, and Jason Bateman asked Hanks about his transition to dramatic roles, Hanks said it was simply a benefit of aging into them.
Hanks told his agent he wanted to make serious Tom Hanks movies
Throughout the ’80s, Hanks was known as a funnyman thanks to movies like Splash, Bachelor Party, Dragnet, and Big. Big had some dramatic moments, and in between he’d also shown range in Nothing in Common and Punchline. A League of Their Own was a turning point before Hanks played a lawyer with AIDS in Philadelphia.
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“Look, I’m not big on this kind of stuff but there was one time I was sitting around with my crack showbiz expert who works for CAA,” Hanks said on Smartless. “And he said to me, ‘What do you want to do?’ And I said, ‘I want to play grownups, I want to play people who’ve been through bitter compromise.’ I was in my mid 30s by that point.”
Fortunately, the industry was ready for grown-up Tom Hanks
Hanks credited Nothing in Common and Punchline as stepping stones. He noticeably omitted the misfire The Bonfire of the Vanities. However, he said the real turning point was nearing 40 by the time he made Philadelphia. After that, he played Forrest Gump from college age to middle age, and then played astronaut Jim Lovell in Apollo 13 and a World War II Captain in Saving Private Ryan.
50 years ago. 1. Send men to the moon. 2. Return them safely to the Earth. Not easy. Apollo 13. Hanx pic.twitter.com/oyGVo8gD2V — Tom Hanks (@tomhanks) April 13, 2020
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“You have to get older,” Hanks said. “Garry Marshall gave me a great role with Jackie Gleason in a movie called Nothing in Common. David Seltzer wrote and directed with Sally Field Punchline and then Big came along.”
The early Tom Hanks movies were for young Hanks
Hanks doesn’t look down on early Tom Hanks movies. He just recognizes that he outgrew them. You can only play a bachelor settling down for so long, or a college grad fleeing to the Peace Corps in Volunteers.
“There’s a movie that you make when you’re 27 and in your early 30s, I made a number of them,” Hanks said. “I turned 27 the day we wrapped the motion picture Splash. It was the last day of shooting, we were in the Bahamas. We had a cake that was actually for the wrap. Hey, let’s celebrate the last day of shooting with a cake. Someone with a tube of toothpaste added in icing on the cake ‘Happy Birthday Tom’ because they found out it was my birthday.”
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‘The day Tom Hanks stood next to me in a urinal in Lincoln’
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“Tom Hanks stood next to me at the urinal.”
How many people can lay claim to a memory such as that?
Former University of Lincoln student Dan Hodgett was lucky enough to be cast as an extra in Hollywood blockbuster The Da Vinci Code - partly-filmed in the city back in 2005.
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Based on Dan Brown’s epic international best-selling novel, the book caused huge controversy at the time by questioning many of the key beliefs of Christianity.
For its big screen adaptation, Lincoln Cathedral was used as a double for London’s Westminster Abbey - after abbey officials wouldn’t allow filming to take place inside, decrying the book as “theologically unsound”.
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Dan Hodgett, who now lives in Nottingham, was aged 26 at the time and working as a film locations executive.
In 2005, Dan helped secure Lincoln’s Drill Hall to be used for casting extras in The Da Vinci Code.
He popped along one day to see how filming was going.
“While I was there they asked if I wanted to have my measurements and photo taken to be put into the mix as a possible extra. I couldn’t believe it!” he recalled, more than 16 years on.
(Image: John Jenkins/Lincolnshire Echo)
Dan then got a call a few weeks later to say he had successfully landed a role as a mourner at Sir Isaac Newton’s funeral.
And so, when the big day arrived, Dan found himself togged up in full period dress, including britches, a tricorn hat and a huge curly wig.
“The filming took place over a couple of days and there were hundreds of us in Lincoln Cathedral. I was sitting fairly close to the front of the crowd, two or three rows back. This was because I had a large wig, and the bigger the wig back in those days, the more important you were!” laughed Dan.
(Image: Chris Vaughan/Lincolnshire Echo)
When it came to a break in filming, a fully-costumed Dan went to visit the toilet.
“And who was standing next to me at the urinal? Tom Hanks!” said Dan, who clearly still can’t quite believe this happened.
“It was a very surreal moment that will stay with me forever. We washed our hands and exchanged a few words. Tom later spoke with a group of us to tell us how great we all looked and that we were doing a great job. You would, of course, expect him to be the nicest man in the world - and he was.”
(Image: John Jenkins/Lincolnshire Echo)
A few weeks later, Dan and his fellow extras had to do some additional shots on an enormous ‘green screen’ out on the Lincolnshire Showground.
“I remember it being roasting hot, the searing heat and that huge 17th-century style wig were not a good combination!” he says.
The following year, in 2006, he went on a trip to London to see the film for the first time.
Naturally, Dan got very excited when his Isaac Newton scene came up.
(Image: Chris Vaughan/Lincolnshire Echo)
“I was looking for myself on screen. Of course, you can’t see me at all, and if you can it’s for a fraction of a second,” he laughed.
“It was great fun though and at the very least I got to meet Tom Hanks.”
Talking at the time about the attention the cast received in Lincoln, Oscar-winning director Ron Howard said: “It’s a fascinating story and it’s not all that common that movies roll into town, so it’s not that unusual to generate a little attention.”
He described Lincoln as “beautiful, absolutely gorgeous and friendly.”
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Lead actor Tom Hanks stayed at The White Hart Hotel in the city’s Bailgate and also reportedly very much enjoyed a meal out at nearby Browns Pie Shop.
In The Da Vinci Code, Hanks starred as Robert Langdon, who was tasked with attempting to solve the murder of an ancient society that had guarded dark secrets for too long. He was joined by other big names such as Sir Ian Mckellen, Alfred Molina, Audrey Tautou, Jean Reno and Paul Bettany.
A curious mixture of mythology, art history and medieval history, the movie received mixed reviews but still went on to gross nearly £600m worldwide.
(Image: Chris Vaughan/Lincolnshire Echo)
The following year, in 2007, Dan Brown’s book became the ‘most borrowed’ in Lincolnshire, according to statistics from Public Lending Rights UK.
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