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Tom Hanks on Narrating ‘The Americas,’ the Power of Telling the Truth and Being Referred to as ‘America’s Dad’: ‘I’m Going to Treat That Seriously’
Tom Hanks was the only option to narrate NBC’s fascinating 10-part docuseries
The team behind the doc, led by executive producer Mike Gunton, spent five years on 180 expeditions, due to the detail and effort it took in capturing the most incredible moments from the lives of certain species. He notes that he could imagine this as a piece narrated by Joanne Woodward, Lawrence Olivier, Morgan Freeman or David Attenborough — but that wasn’t what they wanted. There is no crypting together of stuff in order to present some sort of sensibility or an idea, or promote an idea… No CGI, no lies.”
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