Tom Hanks shares his most ‘stupid’ career moment on Graham Norton Show

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Tom Hanks has shared the instance he considers to be the most foolish during his thirty years in the industry.

The actor who won the Oscar has been a big name in Hollywood since the end of the 1980s, taking part in movies that vary from Big and Forrest Gump all the way to Saving Private Ryan and Elvis.

Hanks pondered about his work history when he appeared on The Graham Norton Show for an interview that will air on Friday (1 December). In this sentimental conversation, the actor spoke about his experience shooting Ron Howard's cosmic thriller, Apollo 13.

Published during the year of 1995, the film "Apollo 13" reveals the actual events of Jim Lovell, Fred Haise and Jack Swigert, spacemen who face a life-threatening situation as their mission to the moon takes a disastrous turn.

During the filming of the most repeated scene in the movie, where Lovell played by Hanks declares, "Houston, we have a problem," the actor experienced an unfortunate incident.

During a conversation with Norton, he mentioned that he was reenacting the intense scene when the catchphrase "Houston, we have a problem" was said. Along with Kevin Bacon and Bill Paxton, they hopped up and down on grips, giving the illusion of weightlessness.

Normally, this would have been acceptable, but on that specific occasion, the actors and production team were being paid a visit by a highly significant person: Lovell himself.

Afterwards, Hanks remarked, "Our appearance was quite silly and when I glanced down, I saw Jim gazing up at us." He also expressed feeling incredibly foolish in that moment.

Tom Hanks starred in the movie 'Apollo 13'.

Apollo 13 received nine nominations for the Academy Awards and was able to secure two wins for Editing and Sound.

Hanks is currently in London to promote The Moonwalkers, a fantastic installation that he collaborated on with artist David Hockney. Along with co-writing the project with Christopher Riley, Hanks also provided narration for the installation.

The blog shares tales of the Apollo space expeditions, and the equipment within the chambers is created to give the impression that you're seated next to the spacemen.

At the start of the year, Hanks declared that there's one movie he featured in that people don't give enough recognition despite winning two consecutive Academy Awards in 1994 and 1995 for the films, Forrest Gump and Philadelphia.

You can tune in to BBC One at 10.40pm to catch The Graham Norton Show. Alternatively, you can also access past episodes on BBC iPlayer.