This article explores Tom Hanks' career shift towards portraying real-life figures, particularly his critically acclaimed performance as Richard Phillips in the film 'Captain Phillips'.
After a glorious run of iconic performances and blockbuster hits in the 1990s, Tom Hanks continued like the consistent and lovable movie star that he has been since his first screen appearance. Hanks became such a reliable force in movies that we all started to take him for granted. He may not be the familiar face of blockbusters like he used to be with Forrest Gump and Saving Private Ryan, but Hanks has arguably progressed as a dramatic performer as he's aged into his 60s.
It was during the 2010s when Hanks cemented himself as 'America's Dad.' Starring in countless 'dad' movies based around true stories in the last decade, this phase of Hanks' career peaked with the release of Captain Phillips, which features one of his most alluring performances, but not everyone, including the Academy Awards, seems to recognize that fact.Tom Hanks carved out a niche playing real-life figures in recent years. Close evoking anyone other than Tom Hanks, one of the most identifiable stars of the last 50 years, is a tough task for him in his later years. We might expect that the average viewer will only see the man himself on screen. In an inspired career pivot, the two-time Oscar winner has shifted to primarily portraying real-life figures, both who experienced the proverbial 15 minutes of fame and historical icons that will last through eternity. Whether it's Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger (Sully), Ben Bradlee (The Post), or Fred Rogers (A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood), Hanks has seamlessly blended into these roles that would usually overpower the screen due to their distinct iconography. If his ostentatious turn as Colonel Tom Parker in Elvis proves anything, it's that Hanks is not prone to phone-in performances, for better or worse.In 2013, Hanks kicked off this trend when he took on the likeness of Richard Phillips, the merchant mariner who made headlines when he was engaged in a hostage crisis with Somali pirates who hijacked his cargo ship in April 2009. Phillips wrote about his experience in his book, A Captain's Duty, which would inspire the Hanks-led docu-drama/thriller Captain Phillips. Directed by Paul Greengrass, the master of blending cinéma vérité visual language with gripping tension, the film is effective in capturing the mundanity of Phillips' line of work heading into that fateful day and the overwhelming pressure of blue-collar laborers managing the dangers of international piracy. The film depicts this harrowing event on the Maersk Alabama cargo ship, starting with Richard Phillips (Hanks) boarding the boat to his rescue by the U.S. Navy. While being taken hostage by the pirate leader, Abduwali Muse (Barkhad Abdi, in his acting debut), Phillips must acquiesce to their demands while finding a way to protect the lives of himself and his crew.'Captain Phillips' Captures the Best of Tom Hanks With our fundamental understanding of Tom Hanks' screen persona — the consummate professional and eternally lovable everyday individual — the role of Richard Phillips was suited to Hanks' skill set. Phillips is presented as a salt-of-the-earth, humble, and unpretentious blue-collar laborer. Hanks carries himself with a level of humanity that refrains from mawkish earnestness — a trait that is unfairly associated with his nice-guy likeness. The idea of a major star like Hanks portraying a true everyman is usually taken with a grain of salt among the audiences, as the star can never wholly shatter their pre-conceived image for many viewers. In Captain Phillips, Hanks effortlessly truncates his immense star power. Greengrass' documentary-like camera work, most notably deployed in his September 11th docu-drama, United 93, is fully realized thanks to his star's uncanny ability to immerse himself as an ordinary person. Just like the film's subject, there is no pretentiousness to Hanks' ability to morph into this role. He becomes a mundane individual by relying on his faithful charm and sincerity.The two-time Oscar winner is a master at pulling audience heartstrings. The courage and fortitude of Richard Phillips, who held off the pirates long enough to be captured and prevented any hostage casualties, is unimpeachable. There's no wonder why the American public idolized Phillips for his heroism, especially during an era when Somali pirates were a hot topic in the news. Americans are trained to be cynical about the national landscape these days, but Phillips' story was a welcoming reassurance of American nobility in the face of danger. However, unlike the standard biopic recounting a true story, Captain Phillip's titular subject is not recontextualized as an unflappable modern-day Superman to satisfy a wholesome dramatic arc of the film or propagate an idealistic message surrounding American exceptionalism
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