Some of the cast of the beloved 1996 musical comedy That Thing You Do! reunited as their on-screen band, The Wonders (aka The Oneders), at the iconic Roxy Theater in Los Angeles on Tuesday, and co-star Tom Hanks had nothing but love for the special reunion.
Et caught up with Hanks and his wife, Rita Wilson, before the premiere of his upcoming thriller The Circle at the Tribeca Film Festival on Wednesday, and the two-time Oscar winner marveled at the performance.
Watch: 'That Thing You Do' Band The Wonders Has a Rockin' Reunion 20 Years Later -- See the Pics!
"I thought it was the coolest thing in the world," said Hanks, who admitted he wasn't in attendance at the event because, he "didn't know anything about it."
The long-awaited reunion saw Tom Everett Scott (who starred as drummer Guy Patterson), Johnathon Schaech (who played lead singer Jimmy Mattingly) and Ethan Embry (who played the unnamed bassist), take to the...
Et caught up with Hanks and his wife, Rita Wilson, before the premiere of his upcoming thriller The Circle at the Tribeca Film Festival on Wednesday, and the two-time Oscar winner marveled at the performance.
Watch: 'That Thing You Do' Band The Wonders Has a Rockin' Reunion 20 Years Later -- See the Pics!
"I thought it was the coolest thing in the world," said Hanks, who admitted he wasn't in attendance at the event because, he "didn't know anything about it."
The long-awaited reunion saw Tom Everett Scott (who starred as drummer Guy Patterson), Johnathon Schaech (who played lead singer Jimmy Mattingly) and Ethan Embry (who played the unnamed bassist), take to the...
- 4/27/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
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- 9/29/2011
- by Angie Han
- Slash Film
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