Hanks turned 27 the day Splash wrapped
Tom Hanks turned 27 on the last day of shooting Splash in the Bahamas; the wrap cake was amended with toothpaste-icing to wish him happy birthday.
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Splash, the Cult Classic Arc, and Tom Hanks Turning 27 on Set
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Tom tells the story of the last day of Splash: they were in the Bahamas, and a wrap cake appeared. Someone discovered it was Tom's birthday and used a tube of toothpaste to add a birthday message in icing. That's the image: 27 years old, celebrating the completion of his breakthrough comedy while someone scrawled 'Happy Birthday, Tom' in toothpaste. From there, Splash was well-reviewed and then came a long drought — six or seven films without a decent notice. The punchline is that the culture has retroactively rehabilitated them: they are all now called cult classics. Tom seems simultaneously bewildered and amused.
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