Highlights
- Tom Hanks is returning to his comedy roots opposite Julia Roberts in upcoming movie 'Larry Crowne'.
- The 54-year-old has co-written the script with 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding' director Nia Vardalos and was keen from the start to cast Roberts in the character of a teacher in the movie, reported Us magazine.
- "I had some teachers who looked like Julia. I would see them and think, 'I love you, so there was never anyone but Julia. Still, even after she said yes to the role, I was the boss. That meant I got to say, 'You don't wear this dress, you wear that dress and Julia's Julia, she can be intimidating," Hanks said.
- Hanks will star as a middle-aged man who loses his job and decides to go back to college and Roberts plays his disillusioned teacher.
Tom Hanks is returning to his comedyroots opposite Julia Roberts in upcoming movie 'Larry Crowne'.
The 54-year-old has co-written the script with 'My BigFat Greek Wedding' director Nia Vardalos and was keen from thestart to cast Roberts in the character of a teacher in themovie, reported Us magazine.
"I had some teachers who looked like Julia. I wouldsee them and think, 'I love you, so there was never anyone butJulia. Still, even after she said yes to the role, I was theboss. That meant I got to say, 'You don't wear this dress, youwear that dress and Julia's Julia, she can be intimidating,"Hanks said.
Hanks will star as a middle-aged man who loses his joband decides to go back to college and Roberts plays hisdisillusioned teacher.
While it might be a little scary directing Roberts,the mom of three confessed that parts of filming were scaryfor her too.
"This was my first college experience. And the firsttime I had to speak in front of a classroom, I was apoplectic.All these faces looking up at me, thinking, 'What is she goingto teach us?. I needed to find my composure. It was very hardit was terrible, in fact," she said.