{"id":27767,"date":"2018-01-30T18:51:24","date_gmt":"2018-01-30T18:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=27767"},"modified":"2018-01-30T21:13:00","modified_gmt":"2018-01-30T21:13:00","slug":"tom-hanks-man-many-ids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=27767","title":{"rendered":"Tom Hanks: Man of many IDs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Tom Hanks has become the go-to actor to portray historical — even iconic — figures.<\/p>\n

I heard today he’s been cast in the role of Fred “Mister” Rogers in a new biopic that tells the story of how the late Presbyterian minister rose to fame as a children’s storyteller.<\/p>\n

It’s clear to me that Hanks has emerged as the preeminent male actor of our time, or perhaps of any time<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Look at the record.<\/p>\n

The guy has won two best-actor Oscars. Back to back!<\/em><\/p>\n

Get a load of this, too: He’s portrayed the late U.S. Rep. Charles Wilson, with whom I became acquainted while covering him in East Texas; Chesley “Sulley” Sullenberger, the “hero of the Hudson River,” the jetliner captain who made that astonishing landing in New York — on the water<\/em>; the late Ben Bradlee, the famed editor of The Washington Post; Jim Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13, the space flight known for the dramatic rescue of the three-man crew after an in-flight explosion on its way to the moon.<\/p>\n

I spoke with Rep. Wilson not long after the 9\/11 attack. I called him for some perspective on al-Qaeda, given that he worked to supply arms to the mujahadeen in their fight against the Soviet Union in Afghanistan. Wilson was damn-near giddy<\/em> at the news that Tom Hanks had agreed to portray “Good Time Charlie” in the film titled “Charlie Wilson’s War.”<\/p>\n

I never met Bradlee and I don’t know Lovell or Sulley.<\/p>\n

Still … I give Hanks huge props for landing this opportunity to portray yet another American icon.<\/p>\n

I am sure Mister Rogers would applaud this bit of casting.<\/p>\n\n

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