In fact, Forrest Gump was nominated for more than a dozen Academy Awards and won six of them, including Best Picture.
The actors said to have passed on Forrest Gump include John Travolta and SNL veterans Chevy Chase and Bill Murray.
Here we look at 10 things you never knew about Forrest Gump.
It’s hard to imagine anyone but Tom Hanks in the title role of Forrest Gump, the lovably simple character who managed to find his way into all sorts of crucial historical moments, an idea realized through revolutionary technology.