Just like Forrest famously said, “Life was like a box of chocolates — you never know what you’re gonna get.”
Just as Forrest Gump famously said, “Life is like a box of chocolates — you never know what you’re gonna get.”
That’s certainly true for one former child star who appeared in the classic family film — and he’s currently beingAll grown-up now, Michael Conner Humphreys, 38, played the younger version ofHumphreys was just 8 years old when he played the titular character, cast from an open call to play Forrest as a child.
However, 29 years on from participating in cinematic history, he decided the spotlight wasn’t for him — choosing to finish school then enlist in the US Army instead, spending four years as an infantry soldier, which included an 18-month tour of duty in Iraq.
“Back then, my parents just let me decide for myself what I wanted to do next, and they never pushed me to pursue other acting roles,” heMichael Humphreys played a young Forrest Gump in the 1994 film.©Paramount/Courtesy Everett Collection“Especially as I liked school,” he added. “Offers came in, but I really wasn’t that concerned with trying to pick up more roles after that.”
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