‘This Is A Family Business’: Hollywood Legend Blows Off Criticisms About ‘Nepo Babies’

Legendary Actor Tom Hanks Stand up for “nepo babies” in a recent interview, arguing that it wasn’t nepotism so much as the fact that the Hollywood Like any other industry, the film industry had the potential to become a. “family business” All kinds.

Hanks Made the comments during an interview With The Sun While promoting his new film, “A Man Called Otto,” Which features his son Truman You can play a younger version Hanks’ titular character.

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The actor has four children — son Colin The mother and the daughter Elizabeth From his first marriage to an actress Samantha Lewes, and sons Chet Truman With actress, current wife Rita Wilson. All He said that four of them are involved with creative arts in one way or another.

“Look this is a family business. This is what we’ve been doing forever. It’s what all of our kids grew up in,” He said. “If we were a plumbing supply business or if we ran the florist shop down the street, the whole family would be putting in time at some point, even if it was just inventory at the end of the year.”

The OscarThe award-winning actor argued that the quality of work was what would determine success in the field, just like in any other business.

“The thing that doesn’t change no matter what happens, no matter what your last name is, is whether it works or not. That’s the issue anytime any of us go off and try to tell a fresh story or create something that has a beginning and a middle and an end. Doesn’t matter what our last names are. We have to do the work in order to make that a true and authentic experience for the audience,” He said. “That’s a much bigger task than worrying about whether anybody’s going to try to scathe us or not.”

Hanks’ comments align fairly closely with actress Kate Hudson’s Assessment on the topic. Hudson She was raised by actress mother. Goldie Hawn, and stepfather Kurt Russell — and she said there was definitely a creative streak that ran through her family.

“It’s definitely in our blood. People can call it whatever they want, but it’s not going to change it,” She spoke. And She argued that at the end of it all, it was about who was willing and able to work hard. “I don’t care where you come from, or what your relationship to the business is … if you work hard and you kill it.

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