Tom Hanks Tells The Story Of His Father Witnessing His Grandfather Being Killed

Tom Hanks added that he doesn’t know what his father’s relationship was like with his grandfather, though the actor described Amos’ mother as a “very religious woman.” Alas, because Amos witnessed his father’s murder, he ended up becoming the black sheep of the family. Furthermore, Tom Hanks noted that this tragedy resulted in Amos never really communicated any great joy from anything that happened in his life until he married Tom’s stepmother, Frances Wong. But as far as Amos’ artistic desires went, namely wanting to be a writer, “life didn’t deal him the cards” to go off and pursue that.