You’ve probably jokingly yelled the line from the film to your friends to get them to hurry up.
So, where is the girl who first uttered the famous line today?
Turns outthe cast ofForrest Gumphas changed a lot since 1994.
So whatever happened to the adorable little actress who played the girl that won Forrest’s heart?
Well, young Jenny was played by child actor Hanna Hall.
These days, Hall is all grown up, and she is even making and directing her own work.
Want to find out what else happened to Hanna Hall?
Here is where young Jenny is today.
She still holds a soft spot in her heart for the mountains of Colorado.
“Colorado is so beautiful,” she went on.
She explained that she lived there until she was 18, when she moved out of her family home.
She first moved to Hawaii “for school,” before moving to Los Angeles and then to Vancouver.
As the actress explained toHouse of Horrors,playing young Jenny was her first role.
Apparently, the way she got the role was “very random.”
“My mother didn’t want to take me,” Hall recalled.
“So I went with some friends and Nina ended up liking me.”
After playing the abused young Jenny inForrest Gump, this was another pretty dark role for the young actress.
Hall played Cecilia Lisbon, the youngest Lisbon girl who attempts to take her own life.
However, despite the dark content, Hall felt that she’d be a perfect fit for the film.
Hall recalled, “Sofia was wonderful.
As she explained toHollywoodChicago.com, Coppola’s approach was pretty special.
I had a really great time there.”
At film school, Hall learned to appreciate film as a “collective art form.”
While she remained interested in acting, she began to dabble with other behind-the-scenes roles.
“I work on small stuff all the time,” Hall confessed toHollywoodChicago.comin 2012.
She went on to explain that she was working on writing her own feature film at the time.
For Hall, being the writer or director of a project meant she had more control.
She admitted that for her the production side of things was far more “satisfying.”
Plus, she explained that having experience and practice behind the camera actually made her a better actor.
But initially, Hall was unsure about doing the film.
“I wasn’t really familiar with Rob’s work,” she explained toHouse of Horrors.
Once she found out more about him, she was sold.
Her character, Judith Myers, was viciously murdered ten minutes into the original film.
However, in 2007, Hall had a little more screen time.
She added, “She’s a lot more trashy and sexual this time around.”
It’s hard to imagine the young Jenny fromForrest Gumptaking on a role like that!
Working onHalloweenwith Zombie was another great experience for Hall.
“Honestly, he’s one of my favorite directors.
In 2009, she played Georgia inAmerican Cowslip.
The film also starred Diane Ladd, Bruce Dern, and Peter Falk.
Yet again, this film was pretty dark!
The actress behind little Jenny fromForrest Gumpwent on to say that she loved the experience.
Apparently, it was on this shoot that Hall developed the strongest bond to one of her characters.
She even found it hard to “separate reality from fiction.”
Hall confessed, “[I] felt very disturbed by the end of the process.”
Yikes, it seems that playing all these dark roles eventually takes its toll.
Apparently, it was the darkness of the role that attracted her to the project.
It’s clear that Hall loves a challenge!
Over the course of the shoot, Hall found that the script forced her to re-evaluate her own morals.
Apparently working on the film made her consider a variety of perspectives.
She described the play as “a psychedelic absurdist comedy noir that is very dark, very funny.”
Based on Hall’s filmography that’s filled with dark roles, that hardly comes as a surprise.
Hall also posted aKickstarterfor the play.
In thefinal updateon the page from Hall, she wrote, “The show was a resounding success.”
Hall spoke about the experience toHollywoodChicago.com, and explained that the play had been written by a friend.
She was passionate about the project, so she financed everything herself.
It’s clear that Hall is passionate about projects because of their artistic merit rather than the paycheck attached.
For Hanna Hall, it meant an interesting opportunity she was invited to take part in the convention circuit.
She also shared that the conventions gave her the chance to meet fans in person.
Sounds like this convention was a welcome break from her life in Los Angeles between jobs.
She added that sometimes the roles that scare her as an actor are the most rewarding.
The most important thing to look for in a character is complexity.
“It’s about humanity,” she summed up.
As she explained at theWeekend of HorrorsQ&A in Germany, she prefers to take an organic approach.
“I don’t really have anything specific,” she confessed.
She described how her process involves reading the script and then simply thinking about the character.
She usually starts by imagining the character’s physicality.
As Hall put it, “Every time it’s something different that clicks me into a character.”
In fact, she tweeted about the movement several times.
Three days later, she explained how she had been at a protest in New Orleans.
She then said that she would be happy to chat with her white friends instead.
It’s clear that Hall is incredibly passionate about social equality and justice.
It’s amazing to see her intelligent, vocal response!
In fact, it’s something we can totally imagine Jenny fromForrest Gumpdoing at her age!
However, as far as public recognition goes, young Jenny fromForrest Gumpis still her best known character.
As Hall toldInternational Business Times, she still gets recognized on the street for playing Jenny.
“I don’t even know the accent anymore,” she explained.
It must be pretty bizarre to have created such a famous line in movie history!
