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If I say: Sleepless in Seattle, Saving Private Ryan, Cast Away and Forrest Gump. What is the first thing that comes to mind? Tom Hanks classics, of course! I knew you'd get it; we're totally in sync. But Tom's 12-year-old co-star on News of The World did not, because she had no idea who he was! 

GRAYE MORKEL, LOCAL NEWS EDITOR

Tom Hanks' co-star didn't know who he was

Tom Hanks' News of the World co-star Helen Zengal has never seen any of his movies.
 

The film follows a Civil War veteran (Tom Hanks) who must return a young girl who was stolen by natives as an infant (Helena Zengel) to her last remaining family.
 

Tom said that he spent a lot of time with his 12-year-old co-star, quizzing her on the movies he has starred in, but she didn't know a single title.
 

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