Forrest Gump look-alike pays visit to Queen Elizabeth in viral photo

Run, Forrest, run … all the way in which to England!

Tom Hanks’ well-known character from 1994’s “Forrest Gump” made a shock look on Tuesday at Paddington Station in London.

A thriller man who regarded eerily much like the character was seen gazing at Queen Elizabeth throughout her go to to the brand new Elizabeth practice line named in her honor for the Platinum Jubilee.

Valentine Low, the royal correspondent for the Occasions of London, posted a pic of the day, exhibiting the 96-year-old monarch sporting a vibrant, lemon-colored coat and matching hat.

“The Queen, trying good in yellow,” Low penned alongside his now-viral snapshot.

However within the distance, Forrest Gump seemingly popped up from behind a door, peering into the photograph.

Whereas the person standing within the far again of the road to see the sovereign could have regardedlike Gump in all his buzz-cut, plaid-shirt-wearing glory, it wasn’t truly him.

"Forrest Gump" fans thought they'd spotted the iconic character — or the actor who portrayed him, Tom Hanks — during an event in London.
“Forrest Gump” followers thought they’d noticed the enduring character — or the actor who portrayed him — throughout an occasion in London.
Valentine Low/Twitter

Hanks and his son, Chet, had been seen at a Dodgers sport in Los Angeles earlier this week, so it's extremely unlikely he was anyplace close to the UK.

Followers, nevertheless, couldn’t assist however have a bit of enjoyable with Forrest’s would-be look, with one asking, “Anybody else clock Forrest Gump within the background?” and one other tweeting: “I heard rumors that Forrest Gump is on the very again peeking out.”

@tomhanks is that you just,” one tweeter requested the 65-year-old Oscar winner.

FORREST GUMP, US poster for 2019 re-release, Tom Hanks, 1994. © Paramount / courtesy Everett Collection
“Forrest Gump” premiered in 1994 and scored six Oscar awards, together with Greatest Actor for Hanks.
©Paramount/Courtesy Everett Assortment

One other particular person quipped, “I needed to zoom proper in to examine if that was Forrest Gump,” whereas somebody added, in a nod to a well-known line from the movie, “Mama at all times mentioned assembly the Queen was like a field of sweets.”

Hanks gained the Academy Award for Greatest Actor for his position within the ’90s comedy-drama, which was directed by Robert Zemeckis. Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Mykelti Williamson and Sally Discipline additionally starred within the heartwarming story of an Alabama man who by some means finds himself in the midst of a number of historic occasions of the twentieth century.

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