Tom Hanks opens up on playing Tom Parker in ‘Elvis’ biopic, ‘what have I done?

Tom Hanks, an Oscar winner, has spoken out about playing Colonel Tom Parker in the upcoming biopic Elvis Presley.

During an Elvis discussion at the Cannes Film Festival on Thursday, the 65-year-old Sully actor explained why he chose to play a dislikeable character like Parker.

The actor also spoke about how filmmaker Baz Luhrmann persuaded him to play the character who found and began Elvis Presley’s career.

“I’m not interested in playing a bad guy just for the sake of, ‘Before I kill you Mr. Bond, perhaps you’d like a tour of my installations.’ That’s okay, I get it, but that’s for other stuff,” said the Forrest Gump actor.

“What Luhrmann tantalized me with was, here was a guy who saw an opportunity to manifest a once-in-a-lifetime talent into a cultural force,” he added.

The star described Parker as a “mercurial and brilliant man who at the same time made sure he lined his own pockets.”

In 1955, Parker and Presley began dating. Until the singer’s death in 1977, the two collaborated. Parker, who was 87 years old at the time of his death, died in 1997.

On June 24, the highly awaited biopic Elvis will be released in theatres.

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