Highlights
- Hollywood star Tom Hanks has penned a moving tribute to Nora Ephron, saying he became a fan of the late screenwriter and director after his wife Rita Wilson dragged him to a screening of her movie This Is My Life.
- Read: Sleepless in Seattle director Nora Ephron dies at 71
- The filmmaker died earlier this week after losing her secret battle with acute myeloid leukemia, and Hanks, who starred in Ephron's films Sleepless in Seattle and You've Got Mail, was among the celebrities who offered up condolences, reported Digital Spy online.
- He has now written a lengthy tribute piece for Time magazine saying he was only made aware of Ephron's talents after Wilson took him to a screening in 1992.
- Read: Nora Ephron: Writer and filmmaker with a genius for humour
- "As wives are wont to do, mine announced one evening in 1992 that we were going to a movie. The movie was This Is My Life, the writer and first-time director was Nora Ephron, and within the hour, there we were in the cinema watching the opening credits of a middle-aged-chick flick," Hanks said.
- "Knowing and loving Nora meant her world - or her neighborhood - became yours. She gave you books to read and took you to cafes you'd never heard of that became legends," he added.
Hollywood star Tom Hanks has penneda moving tribute to Nora Ephron, saying he became a fan of thelate screenwriter and director after his wife Rita Wilsondragged him to a screening of her movie
This Is My Life.
Read: Sleepless in Seattle director Nora Ephron dies at 71The filmmaker died earlier this week after losing hersecret battle with acute myeloid leukemia, and Hanks, whostarred in Ephron's films
Sleepless in Seattle and
You'veGot Mail, was among the celebrities who offered upcondolences, reported Digital Spy online.
He has now written a lengthy tribute piece for Timemagazine saying he was only made aware of Ephron's talentsafter Wilson took him to a screening in 1992.
Read: Nora Ephron: Writer and filmmaker with a genius for humour"As wives are wont to do, mine announced one evening in1992 that we were going to a movie. The movie was
This Is MyLife, the writer and first-time director was Nora Ephron, andwithin the hour, there we were in the cinema watching theopening credits of a middle-aged-chick flick," Hanks said.
"Knowing and loving Nora meant her world - or herneighborhood - became yours. She gave you books to read andtook you to cafes you'd never heard of that became legends,"he added.