LOS ANGELES – Actor Tom Hanks gave a young child the shock of his life Friday, as the Toy Story 4 star flashed the boy his giant smile right in the middle of a Hollywood street.
“Our family is in town visiting and we were walking down the Sunset Strip,” said Sandra Blalock, whose son Randy was flashed by Hanks. “I turned away for one second and all I heard was my son scream.”
Onlookers reported seeing Hanks approach the boy, bend down, and flash him his huge grin before tousling his hair and escaping down the street before his parents could notice.
“I screamed, ‘That’s Woody, Mommy!'” said Randy.
There have always been sporadic reports of Hanks stalking Hollywood streets to flash unsuspecting fans his famous smile, but rarely has he ever been brazen enough to do it in the middle of the day on a crowded street.
“I never in my life thought something like this would happen to us,” Sandra Blalock said. “I will never be able to forget Tom Hanks flashing my son his giant smile and giving us such a great moment on our vacation.”
