He took "Mamma Mia!" to the big screen and helped make the hit musical to the multi-billion dollar industry.
Now Tom Hanks wants to direct ABBA's reunion.
- Half of the world would go mad, wouldn’t it? he asks the reporter.
Tom Hanks, 54, is the Oscar-winning actor of "Philadelphia" and "Forrest Gump" who also made a success as a movie producer to "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" and "Mamma Mia!".
Aftonbladet Swedish newspaper met Hanks in London and the conversation drifted quickly into the music that made him want to do musical film.
- When I saw the musical "Mamma Mia!" here in London I thought, "unbelievable, I know every single one of these songs." You know, I stood up and sang with before I even understood it myself.
It made him and his wife Rita Wilson produced the film version with Stellan Skarsgard in one of the roles.
The success of “Mamma Mia The Movie” along with a reunion concert by Cream has made Hollywood star to start to think about an ABBA's future. Hanks saw Eric Clapton reunite his band in 2005 at the Royal Albert Hall.
- It would be so much fun to see ABBA at Royal Albert Hall in London, he says.
- Halt the world would go mad if they reunited? It would be great if they got together and did a reunion tour.
As the businessman he is, Hollywood's most profitable actor, his own role in the project is given. Tom Hanks would be the director of the ABBA reunion.
- Yeah! Why not! This has to happen! he exclaims enthusiastically.
And the idea seems to grow in his mind for the rest of the interview. When it's time to finish, he takes up the subject again.
- This ABBA reunion, do they listen to you? he asks the reporter in a tone of half jokingly, half seriously.
- I think they would listen to you. Give them a call. Yes, do it!
Now Tom Hanks wants to direct ABBA's reunion.
- Half of the world would go mad, wouldn’t it? he asks the reporter.
Tom Hanks, 54, is the Oscar-winning actor of "Philadelphia" and "Forrest Gump" who also made a success as a movie producer to "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" and "Mamma Mia!".
Aftonbladet Swedish newspaper met Hanks in London and the conversation drifted quickly into the music that made him want to do musical film.
- When I saw the musical "Mamma Mia!" here in London I thought, "unbelievable, I know every single one of these songs." You know, I stood up and sang with before I even understood it myself.
It made him and his wife Rita Wilson produced the film version with Stellan Skarsgard in one of the roles.
The success of “Mamma Mia The Movie” along with a reunion concert by Cream has made Hollywood star to start to think about an ABBA's future. Hanks saw Eric Clapton reunite his band in 2005 at the Royal Albert Hall.
- It would be so much fun to see ABBA at Royal Albert Hall in London, he says.
- Halt the world would go mad if they reunited? It would be great if they got together and did a reunion tour.
As the businessman he is, Hollywood's most profitable actor, his own role in the project is given. Tom Hanks would be the director of the ABBA reunion.
- Yeah! Why not! This has to happen! he exclaims enthusiastically.
And the idea seems to grow in his mind for the rest of the interview. When it's time to finish, he takes up the subject again.
- This ABBA reunion, do they listen to you? he asks the reporter in a tone of half jokingly, half seriously.
- I think they would listen to you. Give them a call. Yes, do it!
- Maybe I should. I would never say now to direct that happening, says Tom Hanks.
Former ABBA star Björn Ulvaeus was contacted and laughed when he heard about Tom Hanks proposal.
- Ha ha ha! Let him try! My answer is no, says Björn Ulvaeus. It is absolutely unbelievable that there is still talk about this. It should not be this way. We slit up in 1982. The odds against it are very large.
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