Tom Hanks has starred in some of the most iconic films of all time, but he passed up the opportunity to star in a certain 1989 classic because of a personal matter, according to wife Rita Wilson
“People probably don’t know this but Tom was offered ‘When Harry Met Sally,’” Wilson said on Tuesday’s episode of Bruce Bozzi’s “Table for Two” podcast. Wilson revealed that he ultimately turned down the opportunity, where he would’ve played Harry Burns alongside Meg Ryan’s Sally Albright in the rom-com, because “he was going through a divorce” at the time the film was being produced.
Hanks was previously married to Samantha Lewes in 1978 and had two children, including actor Colin Hanks. Their marriage ended in 1987. Hanks later wed Wilson. They share two children and celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary in May. Wilson spilled this vintage Hollywood tea while speaking with Bozzi about her love for the late legendary director and screenwriter Nora Ephron, who wrote “When Harry Met Sally,” and how much she adored the script when she read it. Ephron died in 2012 at age 71.
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