The story of how Tom Hanks came to play Fred Rogers, the most beloved children's entertainer of all time, begins, fittingly enough, at a child's birthday party
Tom Hanks wears the familiar red knitted cardigan and canvas Sperrys as he sits on the stairs to the on-set house of 'Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,' the show within the film.Making of 'Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood': Tom Hanks, Marielle Heller Bring a "Weirder" Fred Rogers Story to the Big ScreenIt took a decade and a multitude of puzzle pieces to fall into place for the director and actor to tell a tale about the most beloved children's entertainer of all time.
For Fitzerman-Blue and Harpster, it was a moment seven years in the making. In 2010, Harpster was struggling with his tantrum-happy 2-year-old daughter. "In a moment of desperation, I put on a clip of Fred Rogers," he recalls. "His slow, steady voice grabbed her attention in a way she had never done with me." Harpster called Fitzerman-Blue, saying: "Mr. Rogers is a warlock who speaks toddler, and I think we should write about him.
"I had never read a script quite like it," recalls producer Youree Henley , who was certain that an established name would beat him to the punch. Henley and Big Beach producer Leah Holzer persuaded the writers to let them take on the project. Among Rogers' effects, the writers found a box labeled "Tom Junod," filled with hundreds of letters that the two men exchanged. They wove a layer of emotional heft into the script with details from the letters. Pleased with the result, Joanne Rogers granted them the rights to Fred's likeness and legacy.
"Six years had passed since I last saw it," he says. "Based on the power of her enthusiasm for it, and the screenplay having gone through several permutations — I found the shooting script to be much more focused — I guess you could say it just seemed to be about something more this time around." With Hanks' involvement, Sony's TriStar Pictures put up the $25 million budget. The pairing of Hanks and Rogers became a feel-good media sensation — just the balm needed two years into the divisive Trump era.
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