Recency bias? Why not Jimmy Stewart? Gregory Peck? Humphrey Bogart? Paul Newman, Robert Redford?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Adams_(miniseries)
And will be playing and producing Dodd.
https://variety.com/2019/film/news/joe-wright-in-the-garden-...
Theme of his oevre is not-so-immortal American heroes and heroism through and through
Except for Redford, the others don't have their own voice
Edit: but Tom Hanks is really only barely getting by from Hollywood getting less repressive over time
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Adams_(miniseries)
And will be playing and producing Dodd.
https://variety.com/2019/film/news/joe-wright-in-the-garden-...
Theme of his oevre is not-so-immortal American heroes and heroism through and through
Except for Redford, the others don't have their own voice
Edit: but Tom Hanks is really only barely getting by from Hollywood getting less repressive over time