Los Angeles, Aug. 17 -- Ross Malinger, who charmed audiences as Jonah Baldwin in Nora Ephron's 1993 romantic classic "Sleepless in Seattle", is looking back on his cherished bond with Tom Hanks, recalling the effortless rapport that made their on-screen father-son relationship so memorable.
Only eight year old when he portrayed Jonah, the precocious son of Sam Baldwin (Hanks), Malinger played a pivotal role in orchestrating his widowed father's romance with Annie (Meg Ryan). Now 42, he looks back with affection on the natural ease that shaped their on-screen relationship.
"We genuinely cared about each other," Malinger told Entertainment Weekly. "That natural chemistry allowed me to really bring a lot of intensity and emotion to Jonah's...