Washington, June 4 -- Actor and director Mykelti Williamson shared his shooting experience with Tom Hanks in the 1994 comedy-drama film 'Forrest Gump', directed by Robert Zemeckis.

Williamson revealed that first heard about his eventual role as Forrest's friend Benjamin Buford "Bubba" Blue when two of his acting students went in to audition for it, reported People.

"I coached each of them," he said, and neither got a callback. But Williamson thought he could play the part, so he asked his agent to set him up with an audition for the movie.

Williamson told his agent, "If I can't get in on this and two scrubs can," that he had no "choice" but to get a new agent. He got called to go in on a Saturday, but was warned that he probably wouldn...