Maeta on Crying While Watching Forrest Gump: Podcast

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R&B singer Maeta cries every single time she watches Forrest Gump. Something about the film’s open heartedness, kindness, and life philosophy always moves her to tears. On this episode of The Spark Parade, the artist dives into just what it is about the film and Tom Hanks’ character that is so beautiful.

“I honestly don’t even know when I first watched it,” she explains. “I’ve seen it since I was a kid. I remember watching it on a plane and I cried — every time it comes on I cry, so I remember every time I see it. If I ever need a good cry, that’s what I turn on.”

Maeta also touches on the filmmaking process of the movie, as well as the film’s enduring relevance and legacy. Getting hypothetical, she ponders if the proposed sequel would have lived up to the original’s stature.

Listen to Maeta talk about Forrest Gump in this episode of The Spark Parade. Please also take the time to like, review, and subscribe to The Spark Parade wherever you get your podcasts, and keep up to date with all our series by following the Consequence Podcast Network.

Host Adam Unze (The Opus) explores creativity in all its forms on The Spark Parade by asking musicians, artists, comedians, and other creators to share the single cultural work that has most inspired them. Whether it comes from the world of music, film, comedy, visual art, or literature, we all have something that sparks our own creative desires. On The Spark Parade, guests reveal the single piece of art that ignites within them to fire of creation.