Tom Hanks: Telling the Truth, Letting Go of Self-Consciousness, and Embracing the Fun
The Great Creators with Guy Raz
The Complexity of Tom Parker
I couldn't help but walking away from that film feeling like he really screwed over Elvis, that he really kind of ruined his life. How did you sort of build the architecture for me about how Tom Hanks then transforms into this character that becomes convincing for a viewer? I was very lucky because I had no idea what Tom Colonel Tom Parker looked like or sounded like. And so my question is, okay, boss, let's collaborate. What are you going for here? Are you going for the physical look? The other side of it is there would have been no Colonel Tom Parker without Elvis Presley.
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