Author David Gardner got his hands on some court papers that he plans on including in "The Tom Hanks Enigma," a biography which outlines complaints made by Susan Dillingham (Tom's ex-wife) that paint a not-so-pretty picture of the movie star. From Page Six:
"My husband has repeatedly verbally abused and humiliated me during the past 90 days in my home. This caused me to suffer great emotional distress," Dillingham wrote an L.A. court in asking for a restraining order against Hanks. Dillingham, whose stage name was Samantha Lewes, died from bone cancer in 2002. During their messy divorce, which began in 1985 and dragged on for three years, the actress said Hanks tried to force her into depositions as she took the lead roles in a series of plays. "[It's] designed to harass and upset me at a time when I should be focusing all of my energies on my job," she wrote in one legal missive.But here's the best part of the article:
Gardner also reveals that Hanks' kid brother, Jim, played a Forrest Gump-type character in a little-known soft-core sex flick two years before Tom created the role that won him an Oscar. In "Buford's Beach Bunnies," Jim invented the "now-famous jerky run associated with Forrest Gump" and, like Gump, showed a shy politeness toward women by calling them "ma'am," the author says.Note to self: rent "Buford's Beach Bunnies."
Written by Lisa Timmons
Small Fry says:
Eh, sounds like bitter ex-wife syndrome and nothing more. If it is true all I can say is we all have demons to battle and skeletons in the closet.
Jen says:
I agree, sounded like bitter ex-wife. He became something and she never did. If any of this is true, I say, I'm an even bigger fan. Just shows Hanks is human.