Tom Hanks on reuniting on screen with his 'Forrest Gump' co-star Robin Wright

Tom Hanks says it was “so easy” to reconnect with Robin Wright on the set of her new film Here.

Speech on the red carpet at the film's world premiere At AFI Fest in Los Angeles on Friday, October 25, Hanks, 68, opened up about what it was like working with him again Forrest Gump Co-starring – along with director Robert Zemeckis – 30 years after the film's release in 1994.

“Everyone was like, 'Oh, how was the reunion?' “Hanks recalled seeing the 58-year-old Wright back on set after so many years. “Do you know what it was? It was like, 'Hey, how are you?' ”

“We picked up right where we left off,” Hanks continued. “I will say that we love each other because we are so easy with each other. It was a luxury to be able to come in after a moment and have the same conversations we've had for 30 years “Hey, that crazy look, can you believe it?” Look at that, look at that.” ”

Hanks opened up about how he and Wright immediately hit it off when they got back together HereYears after the shooting Forrest Gumpin which the couple played childhood friends who get married at the end of the film.

In an exclusive look behind the scenes HereWright said working with Hanks and Zemeckis, 72, was easy, adding, “Working with people you know and are compatible with, that doesn't exist.”

“We all know each other so well,” Hanks agreed. “We were able to put our heads together and know exactly what we wanted to try differently.”

According to a summary Here is about “several families and a special place where they live. The story travels across generations and captures the most relatable human experiences.”

The film, which also stars Paul Bettany, Kelly Reilly and Michelle Dockery, is a “story of love, loss, laughter and life, all happening right here,” the synopsis continues.

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For Hanks, the film's themes — including the passage of time and the way families are connected across generations — rang true.

“I think that, strangely enough, the theme of the first part Forrest Gumpwas how it was done, that's what it was all about for us had went through it, right? Because there was so much,” Hanks said at Friday’s premiere. “There was Vietnam and the '60s and '70s, we had arrived here.” Look what we went through.

“(Here) is about what we see go through. It almost eliminates the past tense. What do we have to go through to get here? There are people who lived in this place hundreds of years ago and did not know that they lived in the past. They didn't have our perspective on who they are and what they've been through.

“They were just dealing with the absolute most modern time, the most modern technology, the most current version of what was going on,” the actor added. “They didn’t know they would be obsolete by 2024. None of us know that.”

Here hits theaters November 1st.