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Forrest Gump (character)
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Forrest Gump is a fictional character in the eponymous novel and movie. In the latter, he was portrayed as a child by Michael Conner Humphreys and as an adult by Tom Hanks, who won an Academy Award for the role. He is also the main character in the novel's sequel, Gump and Co.
The portrayal of Forrest in the original novel is notably different to how he was portrayed in the film. Largely, in the novel Forrest is shown to be somewhat cynical and abrasive, while in the film he is a more placid and naïve person. He is also described as being an idiot savant and has extraordinary talent in numerical calculation.
The novel also provides additional backstory on his father. It is revealed that his father was a longshoreman, who worked for United Fruit Company. He was killed when a crate of bananas he was unloading fell on him. Forrest goes on a number of different adventures including being an astronaut, playing harmonica in a band called the Cracked Eggs, becoming a professional wrestler ("The Dunce") and running for the US Senate (with the campaign slogan "I Got to Pee").
In the film version, Forrest discovers ping-pong, and becomes the best player in the world.
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