Hollywood stars Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington starred together in the award-winning drama Philadelphia, about the AIDS epidemic in US society. During filming, the former was already preparing for his subsequent leading role in Forrest Gump, for which he had to lose a lot of weight.
Washington used this challenge to play nasty pranks. Our Brazilian sister site Adoro Cinema recalled the story that the actor told as a guest on a talk show.
Denzel Washington annoyed Tom Hanks with sweets on set
On the Graham Norton Show in 2022, Washington revealed how mean he was to Hanks on the Philadelphia set:
In the courtroom scenes, he was extremely thin, so I intentionally left chocolate bars lying around and so on. I pretended to sneeze and threw candy at his feet. I even had pizzas delivered to him.
Here is Denzel Washington’s appearance on the Graham Norton Show:
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Tom Hanks won Oscar while Denzel Washington wasn’t even nominated
In the drama by Jonathan Demme (The Silence of the Lambs), Hanks plays the homosexual lawyer Andrew Beckett, who fired after his positive HIV diagnosis became known He then wants to sue the law firm and enlists the support of the lawyer Joe Miller (Washington). But he is homophobic and has an open dislike for all AIDS sufferers.
At the 1994 Oscars, Hanks was awarded Best Actor, while Washington did not even receive a nomination. There was no bad blood during the acceptance speech, however, as the star explained with a laugh on the Graham Norton Show:
He thanked me when he won the Oscar.
If you want to watch Philadelphia, you can currently watch the drama on at MagentaTV by subscription. Otherwise, the film is available to buy or rent from providers such as Amazon Prime.