Tom Hanks can currently be seen in the new film “A Man Called Otto”, in which one of his co-stars is his own son, Truman Hanks, playing a younger version of Hanks’ titular Otto., Hanks waded into the recent “nepo baby” debate by defending his son’s casting.Ice Cube’s Son O’Shea Jackson Jr.
“The thing that doesn’t change no matter what happens, no matter what your last name is, is whether it works or not,” he continued. “That’s the issue anytime any of us go off and try to tell a fresh story or create something that has a beginning and a middle and an end. Doesn’t matter what our last names are. We have to do the work in order to make that a true and authentic experience for the audience.