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Tom Hanks On Why His Philadelphia Role Couldn't Be Cast The Same Today
Tom Hanks explains why his role as attorney Andrew Beckett in the 1993 film Philadelphia couldn't be cast the same today. Philadelphia stars Hanks as a successful lawyer who is diagnosed with AIDS and wrongfully terminated from a prestigious Philadelphia law firm after a colleague spots the condition's telltale lesions. In response, Beckett resolves to sue his former employer for discrimination, teaming up with the only lawyer willing to help him: the prejudiced Joe Miller, played by Denzel Washington.
