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November 13, 2002

Tom Hanks

may play a gay cop solving his lover's murder
He'd reunite with director Ron Howard for ''Downtown,'' from a script by ''American Beauty'' and ''Six Feet Under'' writer Alan Ball

At this point in his career, Tom Hanks could probably play anything from Abraham Lincoln to a loaf of bread, and moviegoers would still line up to see him. So successful is his formula that he's about ready to play what could be his biggest stretch in a long time: a gay cop in 1960s Cleveland who must solve his lover's murder. Variety reports that he's putting that film, ''Downtown,'' on the fast track, hiring screenwriter Scott Frank (''Minority Report'') to polish the script and reteaming with Ron Howard to direct...
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ZUBi says: unusual or what?! :butt: