Meeting The Leader Of The Free World
Everything Forrest Gump does is very matter-of-fact. In the scene where he meets the president, he keeps this persona and talks about how the only good thing about meeting the president is simply the food. Whether he is hungry or not he will for sure because it’s free! In every situation, his viewpoint stays the same.
Meeting The Leader Of The Free World
Where His Accent Comes From
One of the major reasons we remember Forrest Gump is because of his accent. His thick southern voice is imitated by many and contributes to the film being one of the most quoted in history. Hanks revealed that this accent came from Michael Connor Humphreys, who played Forrest as a small child. His accent was a deep, prominent, Mississippi accent, and he had trouble imitating Hank’s real accent so instead, Hank’s adapted his.
