The Back to the Future director reunited with Hanks and Robin Wright, who respectively played Forrest and Jenny, for the multi-generational movie Here as part of the 2024 movie schedule. The trio sat down with EW to look back on Gump, and it was most intriguing to hear about elements that went unseen.

Zemeckis, 72, added, “Including Curious George! Curious George was a cartoon monkey on Forrest's shoulder talking to him." Curious George was created by H.A. and Margret Rey in 1940, and the mischievous monkey starred in a series of children’s books ...

The original draft of Forrest Gump included an appearance from Curious George. Directed by Robert Zemeckis, Forrest Gump was released in United States theaters in July 1994. It stars Tom Hanks as the titular character,