Tom Hanks praises daughter for writing about ‘checkered' past in viral memoir
Tom Hanks opened up about his daughter E.A. Hanks' viral memoir during the red carpet premiere of his new film, 'The Phoenician Scheme,' commending her for her candor in exploring the darker parts of her childhood.
'I'm not surprised that my daughter had the wherewithal as well as the curiosity ... to examine this thing that I think she was incredibly honest about,' the Bay Area native said during an interview with Access Hollywood on Wednesday, May 28. 'We all come from checkered, cracked lives, all of us.'
' The 10: A Memoir of Family and the Open Road ' was released in April and revisits parts of E.A.'s childhood with Tom and her mother, Susan Dillingham.
Hanks split from Dillingham in 1985 after five years of marriage. She died of lung cancer in 2002.
E.A., short for Elizabeth Anne, details the impact the split had on her and her brother Colin Hanks in the book. Both were primarily in the custody of their mother while she was dealing with mental health and addiction struggles.
Her father took primary custody when she was 14 years old, after the 'emotional violence became physical violence.'
In the book, E.A. writes about her father's childhood trauma and her mother's emotional volatility, suspecting that her mother may have suffered from bipolar disorder.
Reflecting on E.A.'s work, the East Bay native praised his daughter as a 'bold, journalistic, literate mind' who is aware of her privilege of nepotism and 'leans into absolutely everything of it.'
'She's a knockout, always has been,' he told Access Hollywood of E.A., praising the bravery it took to share her story. 'If you've had kids, you realize that you see who they are when they're about 6 weeks old, their personality is on display right there, their temper, the way they see the world is demonstrated in their body language and on their face.'
Hanks stars in the upcoming Wes Anderson film, ' The Phoenician Scheme,' due out on Friday, June 6. The movie also features Mia Threapleton, daughter of actor Kate Winslet and director Jim Threapleton; Benicio Del Toro; Scarlett Johansson; and Michael Cera.
Though he was out to celebrate its release on Wednesday, Hanks couldn't help but gush about his children. In addition to E.A., he also praised his youngest son with current wife Rita Wilson, Truman Hanks, for his hard work preparing for a small role in the film.
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