Tom Hanks, 68, reveals the surprising age he absolutely hated: ‘Your bones start wearing off’

Tom Hanks revealed the one age he wouldn’t choose to be again.

The actor was recently asked by Entertainment Tonight if there was a specific age he portrayed that he’d want to relive after filming his new movie “Here.”

“No. Look, I’m 68 years old, the hardest for us was when we were playing 35,” Hanks says of working on the film. “That time where your metabolism stops, gravity starts tearing you down, your bones start wearing off, you stand differently. I think I’m in better shape now.”

After the outlet pointed out that he looks “great,” Hanks explained the reason.

“You know why?” he responded. “Because my kids are grown up, I’m getting decent exercise, and I can eat right. You can’t do that when you’re 35. Life is such a burden!”

The ET journalist quipped that everyone should get on Hanks’ plan, but Hanks downplayed it, stating: “Dude, I’m just doing what my 68-year-old, type 2 diabetes, just maintaining the temple baby. That’s all I’m trying to do.”

Interestingly, Hanks starred in no films when he was 35 in 1991. However, he’d go on to appear in three projects in 1992, including his memorable role as Jimmy Dugan in “A League of Their Own.” The following year, he starred opposite Meg Ryan in “Sleepless in Seattle.”

Thirty years after Hank’s iconic role in “Forrest Gump,” the Oscar winner has now reunited with that film’s director Robert Zemeckis and star Robin Wright in “Here.”

The movie follows the story of Richard (Hanks) and Margaret (Wright) who live in the same house over the course of a century.

“The single perspective never changes, but everything around it does,” Zemeckis told Vanity Fair of the project. “It’s actually never been done before. There are similar scenes in very early silent movies before the language of montage was invented. But other than that, yeah, it was a risky venture.”

With the help of computer-generated de-aging effects, the couple will appear from their 20s and 30s to their elderly years.

“It only works because the performances are so good,” the director continued. “Both Tom and Robin understood instantly that, ‘OK, we have to go back and channel what we were like 50 years ago or 40 years ago, and we have to bring that energy, that kind of posture, and even raise our voices higher.’ That kind of thing.”

Paul Bettany appears as Hanks’ onscreen dad as the movie “travels through generations, capturing the human experience in its purest form,” according to the synopsis. “It’s a tale of love, loss, laughter, and life, all of which panned right ‘Here.’”

Richard, who plans to become an artist, is overshadowed by his responsibilities as a husband and father in the 1970s and ’80s.

Meanwhile, Margaret senses a ticking clock, urging Richard (her boyfriend and later husband) to break free and explore the world. 

“I think that the film speaks to the truth that we have to accept that everything changes,” Zemeckis explained. “Where we get in trouble is when we resist that reality of life, and then we get dug in and miss out on opportunities.”

“Here” hits theaters Friday.