![]() ![]() They work as street performers, essentially begging for a living. Having given all his money away, Forrest, along with Lieutenant Dan and Sue, travel the south, settling in New Orleans. She lives and Forrest is content letting Jenny and another man, her new husband, raise the boy. However, in Groom's version, Jenny does not have AIDS. In the novel, as in the film, Forrest finally learns that Jenny has a son, and he is the father. The story opens with a quote about chocolates, but not the one movie audiences remember: "Bein a idiot is no box of chocolates." But another catchphrase that appears repeatedly in the book did make it into the film: "I gotta pee." First, the character constantly curses in the book, sometimes making offensive, race-based comments and slurs, seemingly not knowing any better. But the filmmakers wanted to make the character a likable innocent, and thus had to make some pretty big changes. In both the film and the novel, Forrest is a product of Mobile, Alabama. In fact, he attacks his bullies rather than running away. There is no "run, Forrest, run" scene in the novel because he never has braces or any issues with his legs. The author later said he had John Goodman in mind as he was writing. ![]() In the book, he is much larger, 6' 6" high and weighing 242 pounds at age sixteen, and thus a natural choice to play high school football, which he does. ![]() Tom Hanks has an average build, is tall but not overly so, and is certainly not overweight or particularly muscular. Forrest Gump himself is very different in Groom's novel, both physically and in his abilities and actions. ![]()
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