Forrest Gump sequel talks were only entertained for 40 minutes

"And then we never...we said, 'Guys, come on.'"

Hanks also addressed the fact that his career has been relatively sequel-free, sharing: “A smart thing I did is I’ve never signed a contract that had a contractual obligation to a sequel.

"I’ve always said, ‘Guys, if there’s a reason to do it, let’s do it. But you guys can’t force me.’ There is that natural inclination that is one of pure commerce that says, ‘Hey, you just had a hit, so do it again and you’ll have a hit.'”

Forrest Gump was based on Winston Groom’s 1986 novel of the same name.

Following the film’s success, Groom penned a follow-up book in 1995 called Gump and Co, but alas, we never got to see that one come to life on the big screen. 

In 2019, Forest Gump writer Eric Roth said a sequel to the hit film was planned, but then shelved in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

He explained: "We got together to commiserate how life was in America and how tragic it was.

"We looked at each other and said, 'this movie has no meaning anymore'. In that sense."

Going into more detail about what he’d submitted, Roth added: "It was going to start with his little boy having AIDS and people wouldn't go to class with him in Florida.

"We had this funny sequence where they were [desegregation] busing in Florida at the same time, so people were either angry about the busing or the kids having to go to school with the kid that had AIDS. So, there was a big conflict."