As it turns out, there were plans to give Forrest something to say during this scene, but director Robert Zemeckis and screenwriter Eric Roth never agreed on what Gump should state in this particular moment.Īs Eric Roth explained to Yahoo! News, Robert Zemeckis wanted something "way funnier and more important" than what Roth initially had in the script, and the screenwriter tried to put together something that would fit the director's specifications. It's an amusing moment, though that wasn't how the scene was originally staged. Billy Crystal And Robin Williams Were Consulted To Write A Funny Speech For The MovieĪs you likely remember, during the famous Washington Monument scene, Forrest Gump goes up to the mic to say something, only to be promptly cut off.
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