Tom Hanks Fired a 'Band of Brothers' Actor

Tom Hanks Fired a 'Band of Brothers' Actor for This Bizarre Reason

The action set one young actor on an interesting road that ultimately led back to Hanks.

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Tom Hanks rejected comedian and improviser Connor Ratliff from a small part in Band of Brothers because Hanks said Ratliff had "dead eyes."

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Ratliff gave up acting for a period after getting rejected from the program, but he later found success in improv comedy and started the podcast Dead Eyes.

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Ratliff's experience is examined in Dead Eyes along with more general issues of failure.

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rejection in the entertainment industry, which is felt by everyone

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With the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers, Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks revisited World War II in the early 2000s.

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One of the show's many remarkable aspects was the cast, which was filled with actors that were well-known at the time.

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The aforementioned actor was hired for a little role but was let go by the episode's director, Tom Hanks, for an unspecified reason.

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