Tom Hanks, one of the most successful actors in Hollywood, discusses his latest venture- publishng a novel about the making of a movie. Hanks, in an interview recorded for The New Yorker Radio Hour, discussed how he was frustrated by the gatekeepers of the Entertainment Industrial Complex who barred reporters from watching how a film was made. The actor also discussed the difficulty in determining the success of a film while it was being made and the unpredictability of commercial success. Speaking about some of his highest-grossing films, Hanks stated that some of them had originally not been received well by critics.
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