Tom Hanks vs. the universe: On ‘Finch’ and more
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In an interview with ‘The Hindu,’ the Hollywood icon talks about his one-man performance in the upcoming Apple TV+ film, working with director Miguel Sapochnik, and creating emotion through art
Tom Hanks is in a room, surrounded by shelves with several tagged boxes all around him. The boxes are of different colours and sizes and contain the actor’s most prized possessions: typewriters from all over the world.
Indeed, it is an indulgence — his hobby, even — that began when he was just a teen, and now his collection of them is in the hundreds; from vintage Smith-Corona Sterling to gorgeous Olivetti Lettera 22s. I know this, as a fan of his short story collection Uncommon Type, the actor’s first work of fiction, which contains 17 stories all linked by one thing: in each of them, a typewriter plays an important role.
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