Tom Hanks Crashes Wedding Shoot: He Was Like, ‘Hey! I’m Tom Hanks’

"When he was talking in my ear, I was thinking of Toy Story," the bride confessed.
Tom Hanks surprised bride Grace Gwaltney on her wedding day.
Tom Hanks surprised bride Grace Gwaltney on her wedding day.

Tom Hanks nailed this surprise wedding gift.

The Oscar-winning actor delighted a bride on Saturday by joining her bridal party for photos outside the Fairmont Hotel in downtown Pittsburgh as he was passing by.

“He was like, ‘Hey! I’m Tom Hanks. I would love to get a photo with you,’ and I immediately just froze and was just looking around,” bride Grace Gwaltney told local news station KCRA. “I didn’t know what to do.

“It’s his voice, I think. You see him and then he starts speaking, and he was like, ‘You look so beautiful. I’m so happy for you,’” she added. “When he was talking in my ear, I was thinking of Toy Story.”

"I'm sure a lot of other Pittsburgh brides would love for him to photobomb their shots," Gwaltney said.
"I'm sure a lot of other Pittsburgh brides would love for him to photobomb their shots," Gwaltney said.

Rachel Rowland, a wedding photographer for the group, told KCRA it was “just so sweet and fun.”

“We all lost it,” Rowland said. “The bridesmaids shuffled out of the limo, and he posed [for] photos and congratulated everyone, and then as fast as he popped in, he was gone.”

The actor is currently in the area filming the movie A Man Called Otto.

Gwaltney said she and her sister had coincidentally been chatting about Hanks’ role in the film.

“He is filming his new movie, and my sister and I were just talking about how much we love the book that he is filming the movie for, so it was kinda like full-circle,” she said. “It was honestly, like, crazy because we were just talking about him.”

Gwaltney said she thought Hanks was the perfect actor to play the titular character in A Man Called Otto, a retired man who strikes up an unlikely friendship with his neighbours.
Gwaltney said she thought Hanks was the perfect actor to play the titular character in A Man Called Otto, a retired man who strikes up an unlikely friendship with his neighbours.

Tom Hanks has actually photobombed a wedding party before.

Last year, he popped in for photos after a couple tied the knot at Santa Monica Pier in California. The bride said, “He treated us like family.”

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