{"id":6020,"date":"2026-06-18T16:40:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T16:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/the-cast-away-scene-that-tom-hanks-refuses-to-watch\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T16:40:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T16:40:44","slug":"the-cast-away-scene-that-tom-hanks-refuses-to-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/the-cast-away-scene-that-tom-hanks-refuses-to-watch\/","title":{"rendered":"The &#8216;Cast Away&#8217; scene that Tom Hanks refuses to watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F06%2F131423911.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Tom Hanks revealed the one scene from his 2000 adventure action film \u201cCast Away\u201d that is \u201cpainful\u201d for him to watch.<\/p>\n<p>The cult-classic movie follows FedEx employee Chuck Norland (Hanks), who is on his way to Malaysia when his plane crashes in the Pacific Ocean.<\/p>\n<p>Chuck washes ashore and lands on a deserted island with only\u00a0his volleyball \u2014 which becomes a companion for the character \u2014 as he tries to survive and get back to civilization.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Tom Hanks (pictured here in 2022) said he can\u2019t watch the scene in \u201cCast Away\u201d where his character, Chuck, returns a gifted pocket watch to his girlfriend Kelly after getting back from being stranded on a deserted island. <span class=\"credit\">GC Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cThere is a moment, it was painful for me in \u2018Castaway,\u2019 in which I am back and Chuck is back in Kelly\u2019s house and he gives her his, her watch back,\u201d the actor (pictured here in the scene with Helen Hunt) said. <span class=\"credit\">\u00a920thCentFox\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Before boarding the plane, Chuck\u2019s girlfriend Kelly (Helen Hunt) gifts him a pocket watch with her picture in it. Four years later, when he returns home, he visits Kelly\u2019s house to return it in an emotional scene.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a moment. It was painful for me in \u2018Castaway,\u2019 in which I am back and Chuck is back in Kelly\u2019s house and he gives her his, her watch back,\u201d the \u201cToy Story\u201d franchise star, 69, <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/tom-hanks-on-toy-story-sequels-and-the-scene-he-regrets\/id1718287198?i=1000772832254\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shared while on\u00a0\u201cThe Rest is Entertainment\u201d podcast<\/a> on Wednesday. \u201cAnd there\u2019s a moment where I just think I\u2019m not there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The actor said he did a gesture that is \u201cfalse\u201d to the character and was actually more him than Chuck.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The star (pictured here in the movie with Hunt) said that the moment was more him than his character, Chuck. <span class=\"credit\">\u00a920thCentFox\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cAnd if the movie is on, I will get up and leave the room before that scene comes on,\u201d Hanks (pictured here in the film) confessed. <span class=\"credit\">\u00a920thCentFox\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAnd if the movie is on, I will get up and leave the room before that scene comes on,\u201d the star confessed.<\/p>\n<p>Hanks wasn\u2019t aware of what had happened until he saw the film for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCast Away\u201d earned two Oscar nominations in 2001, including a Best Actor nod for Hanks. Though, the Hollywood icon ended up losing to Russell Crowe for his performance in \u201cGladiator.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Hanks was nominated for an Oscar for his performance as Chuck (as pictured here). <span class=\"credit\">20th Century Fox\/ Dreamworks<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Despite losing to Russell Crowe in \u201cGladiator\u201d at the 2001 Oscars, Hanks took home the Golden Globe that year for his performance as the ship-wrecked FedEx employee. <span class=\"credit\">20th Century Fox Licensing\/Merch<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hanks did, however, take home the Best Actor trophy at the 2001 Golden Globes. And the project has proven to still be a fan-favorite twenty-six years after it first debuted.<\/p>\n<p>In May, Hanks attended the New York Yankees vs. New York Mets game, where the latter team\u2019s mascot <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/18\/celebrity-news\/tom-hanks-meets-mr-met-dressed-up-as-his-cast-away-co-star-at-mlb-game\/\">dressed up as the volleyball, named Wilson<\/a>, from the film.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DYa_iVHsMrl\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;ig_rid=0d3eb211-f866-44a3-9e85-8efd0833ee2a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">In a clip\u00a0<\/a>from the Citi Field game, Mr. Met sported a large red handprint on his face to match the movie\u2019s bloody volleyball.<\/p>\n<p>The duo shook hands with Hanks shouting \u201cWilson\u201d \u2014 the famous line Chuck said in the 2000 hit. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>In May, the New York Mets\u2019 mascot, Mr. Met, painted the side of his face to replicate Wilson, the volleyball from the film (as pictured here). <span class=\"credit\">JASON SZENES FOR THE NEW YORK POST<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>In 2024, Hanks (pictured here with the mascot) explained that they decided to make the volleyball Chuck\u2019s solo companion so he had someone to talk to on the island.  <span class=\"credit\">JASON SZENES FOR THE NEW YORK POST<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In 2022, the Oscar winner held up a blood-smeared volleyball while throwing the first pitch at a Cleveland Guardians vs. San Francisco Giants game.<\/p>\n<p>Two years later, during a 2024 interview with ReelBlend, Hanks said that Wilson became essential to the storyline because there was no reason for Chuck to talk unless he thought someone else was around.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the film becoming a massive success, during shooting, Hanks was hospitalized and almost died of a staph infection.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was there for three days with something that, believe it or not, almost killed me,\u201d he told the BBC in 2009. \u201cI got an infection from a cut, and it was eating its way through my leg.\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/18\/celebrity-news\/tom-hanks-meets-mr-met-dressed-up-as-his-cast-away-co-star-at-mlb-game\/#\"\/><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/18\/entertainment\/the-cast-away-scene-that-tom-hanks-refuses-to-watch\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tom Hanks revealed the one scene from his 2000 adventure action film \u201cCast Away\u201d that<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6021,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/131423911.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6020\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}