Seems like Tom Hanks can't get enough of London
- and is so settled here, he even stepped
out on the red carpet with England's finest
beverage - a cup of tea - for the world premiere
of Saving Mr. Banks. But one thing Tom can't
get used to in this country is the weather.
It's bloody cold here in Leicester Square
You know you've made it when you have a cup
of tea on the red carpet.
Not bad. I have a spoon full of sugar in there.
Not satisfied with opening the London Film
Festival with Captain Phillips - the legend
closed it too.
Yeah, what's that about? I think that crooks
are involved and something evil went down
and there should be an investigation immediately
about how this happened.
Like "Captain Phillips", Tom is is once again
playing a real life person - this time the
legendary studio boss Walt Disney - in a story
which shows the struggles he went through
with author P.L. Travers - played by Emma
Thompson - to get the now classic 'Mary Poppins'
onto the big screen.
It's the first live action movie that Disney
has done for really in 50 years. They've got
behind something that's about the boss and
a boss that's been so iconic and protective
for so many years so it's very brave of them
actually and very exciting.
Despite the fact that Disney are behind the
film, Tom says that unlike in the movie, there
wasn't any attempt by the studio to try and
alter the production or his performance.
Stop. Mary Poppins is not for sale. I won't
have her turned into one of your silly cartoons.
Says the woman who sent a flying nanny with
a talking umbrella to save the children.
There was a substantial amount of the man
that we tried to get into - these little fragments.
I think it's not just the happy Uncle Walt
that made people's dreams come true. There
was a pragmatic rather bare-knuckled businessman
in there, who if charm didn't work and hard
sell and negotiation didn't work either, well,
then there was just some other place he'd
have to go to make it happen.
The theme of saving seems pretty familiar
now in a lot of Tom Hanks films. Well, Saving
Private Ryan at least, so what's he going
to save next?
I think that's about it. I think I'm going
to try and save some stamps. I'm going...
I'll save... what else can I save? I'll save
little animals. And I'll save my pennies and
save my pounds.
I know what he's going to do to her. She'll
be twinkly.
We can't make the film unless you grant the
rights.
