One of the most iconic movies of the 1990s almost had a sequel and the film’s screenwriter has now revealed the dark turn it would’ve taken.
was a massive critical and commercial success, earning more than over $677 million at the box office and scoring a slew of Academy Awards, including a Best Actor gong for Tom Hanks for playing the unassuming young man who played a pivotal role in some of modern history’s most defining moments.
Screenwriter Eric Roth, who had originally adapted Groom’s novel for the screen and earned himself an Academy Award in the process, was tasked with writing the script for the sequel.He turned in his completed draft on September 10, 2001.“And Tom and I and Bob got together on 9/11 to sort of commiserate about how life was in America and how tragic it was. And we looked at each other and said, ‘This movie has no meaning anymore, in that sense’.
And the sequel would again see Gump pop up in some of history’s most seminal moments — this time, in the back of O.J. Simpson’s Bronco during the sports star’s 1994 televised police car chase after the murder of his ex-wife.The second Gump novel.“He would look up occasionally, but they didn’t see him in the rearview mirror, and then he’d pop down,” said Roth.Another real-life event woven into the script: The 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, a terrorist attack that killed 168 people.
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