The Cast of Forrest Gump, Then and Now

It's been over 25 years since the hit film Forrest Gump came to this world. One look at how much the cast members changed over the years makes it obvious just how long it has been.

In the film, Robin Wright was the love of Forrest's life, Jenny, and played a huge role in his character development throughout the story. But the movie wasn't her first major role, nor where she started. That would be the nighttime soap Santa Barbara, with her real rise to popularity being the role she played as the titular character of the classic The Princess Bride. There's little doubt that her success in those roles influenced the decision to have her play Jenny in Forrest Gump.

Robin Wright's career in film and TV hasn't slowed down at all since Forrest Gump. In fact, one could say it has only accelerated. She was nominated for several awards due to her performance in the TV series Drama House of Cards, which ended in 2018, and she played in Wonder Woman as well. Her life has not changed that much since 1994: she was acting then, and she's acting now, but she has a much more extensive repertoire.

Humphreys played the younger Forrest in the movie, which was actually the young actor's debut in a film as a whole. Interestingly, Hanks even went as far as to say that he modeled the voice of the older Forrest Gump off of the way Humphreys himself spoke.

Following the film, Humphreys didn't initially return to cinema, instead choosing to remain a normal kid in Mississippi. He served in the United States Army from 2005 to 2010, which included more than one deployment in Iraq. After enlistment, he actually did find his way back to Hollywood, starring in the 2011 war film Pathfinders: In the Company of Strangers. Since then, Humphreys has been living a relatively normal life as a teacher, though he claims that he would like to return to acting at some point in the future.