European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 30, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tom Hanks a big Star by Bob Thomas associated press if Tom Hanks seem1 like a grinning Optimist Onishe screen to s nol jus  i Wake up in Ito morning. I m a pretty Happy Guy he says i m nol one of these Guys who Rolls Oul of bed and is groggy Lor an Houi and a Hal until he has Blueberry pancakes and six cups at col tee 1 wat n up and the Sun is shining or the Clouds arc raining and 11tiink in s goal either Way. Where that comes irom. 1 Don 1 know i la leave that Oil to Iho Dan genetic materials thai my parents planted in me " Hank has More than the usual reasons Lobo Happy nowadays he slats in in  comedies this summer big. In Winch he plays a 2-Yoar-old whose wish to be an Adul is g anted. And punch inc in which he co Slars with Sally Field As a pair of aspiring Oland up comics and on March 30 he married Arliess Rila Wilson whom a Mel while both wore appearing in Volu Loers until now Hanks has mostly been seen Wilh co stars Darryl Hannah splash John Candy vain tests Shelley Long the Money Pryl. Jackie Gleason nothing in common. Dan Aykroyd drag nor Wilh big. Hanks Hies Solo though to draws Strong support irom Elizabeth Perkins. Robert Loggia and John hard. Yes.  is aware Hal it to other recent comedies Laeva Lect we son. Vice versa and s/4gajn have dealt Wiehage Transl Ormarion. Always loll that the strength of his Story irom Iho classical narrative sense was thai we have this Prola Gomel himself who has a Secrel Hal Iho audience is aware of bul nobody else is that a 12-year-old is in the body of a 30 year old Man. This is familiar territory Toof Sio sack of Iho future. Twelfth night. George Bernard Shaw la s a traditional Way of gelling the audience emotionally involved with that s going on Hanics approach la a his big role Wilh his diam Ting simplicity i simply pretended i was 12 years old that s All i did. I sort of drove some of the View members crazy Al limes what they handed me was one of the Best parts i have Ever read in screenplay lorm a was incredibly demanding requiring vast amounts of work in preparation and filming it was a Plum role the Lack Hal he is 12 years old is different from a psychotic killer or a Rich Guy irom Boston or some of the old of things i be  As Josh Bashkin in the film he quickly ascends to the lop of a Loy Empire bul he remains a boy and is shy in dealing with she opposite sen 19 that realistic in today s world Well. The kid is on the imm Lufe  Hanks said i must conless Hal i was much the same when i was 12 years old ii was t until i was 13 that i Slart cd growing of and becoming highly intelligent and  the highlight of big provided the a Gresl physical Challenge Hanks and his Boss Loggia perform a dance in maw York s f  Schwarz Loy Szorc on King size piano keys tapping Oul chopsticks and heart and soul ii was a huge dance number that required to tres and moms and hours of rehearsal stretched out Over a six week  Hanks said when to finally finished shooting in. I said. Our Long National Nightmare is Over " like Tom cruise Demi Moore Rebecca de Mornay and other stars of his generation. Hanks had an unsettled childhood. His parents divorced when he was Young and he moved Back and lath Between them growing up in Northern California he figures to and a brother and suits changed Homes every sin months instead of growing withdrawn he became a joker part of it is a sell defense  he reflected. I moved around a lot when i was a kid and Lound Mysell now cities and with new Hinds and new i Amity members it also conies from a Brand of communication that was developed Between my siblings and my mom and my dad Hanks discovered healer Al Sacramento state University and was invited by director Vincent Cowling to Hank the grinning Optimist join the Greal lakes Shakespeare festival in Cleveland. He moved to new York then Camp to Hollywood in 1980 to Star in the Well remembered bosom buddy series Tor Abc the series untimely end freed Hanks for films and he has been working steadily Ever since. To has played a variety of rotes bul producer a View him As a comedian to remains philosophical Aboul being so pigeonholed. Of have made my peace Long ago with the Tacl Hal i m a funny Guy he said. "1 treated it like a Curso for a Long time bul in s just As much of a fact that i have two feet the feat of being labelled As a comedian i Don t care. I d rather just lol the sum local of All i he work just speak for i sell Over the Long haul " Bruce Willis Hollywood s bad boy by Bob Thomas associated press Bruce Willis a Fanon to whipping boy of in scandal tabloids does t think he s that Bod when i be Boon talking to people about in ism sensor. I Imd them so surprised to see thai i m this Calm and thai i m nol throwing chairs and swinging irom the matters to said they re pretty surprised Hal i can to this  indeed to was relaxed Asho lounged beside the swimming Pool on a Sun swept morning at the beachfront Homo to shares with his Wile actress Durni Moore in Malibu. Calif alter Throo frantic years of doing to s moonlighting and three feature movies Willis is unaccustomed to Lite Leisure Hal has been enforced by the screenwriters strike like most television series  has shut Down Lor Lack of scripts. Willis has Boon doing interviews for Sunset. Blake Edwards Hollywood period piece in which Tom my Willis and Wyatt Earp James Garnet pursue a murder scandal Willis interviews have been rare in recent limes. My wife has helped me in dealing Wilh the matter of publicity he said. Ii just Sells More magazines to say i m the bad boy of Hollywood than to say that i m not doing anything this we Etc or i m nol throwing any wild parties. By and Large the Basic principle was that in you put my picture on the cover of a Magazine people Scro going