ASTON VILLA legend Gabriel Agbonlahor met Hollywood megastar Tom Hanks back in his old playing days while on pre-season.
But Hanks, who has declared he is a big Villa fan, didn’t know who talkSPORT pundit Agbonlahor was.
Aston Villa legend Gabriel Agbonlahor met Tom Hanks while on a US pre-season tourGetty
Hanks, seen here with old boss Paul Lambert, is a Villa fan but didn’t know who Agbonlahor was when they metGetty – Contributor
The former forward looked back at some of his famous pre-season tours while playing for the Villans between 2005 and 2018 before his early retirement five years ago.
The ex-England international recounted a time when the Premier League giants flew to the US and trained in Portland.
That is where the now 36-year-old met the two-time Academy Award winner with whom he took a picture.
But before they could take a snap, the Forrest Gump and Cast Away star asked him what his name was.
Agbonlahor told talkSPORT: “When we went on an American tour, we were in Portland and got a picture with Tom Hanks.
“He’s a Villa fan, isn’t he? Although he’s a Villa fan who never really comes to games that much.
“Actually, he came to one last season, to be fair to him. He’s a busy man who lives far away.
“I took a picture with him. That was a good one to get – a legend of the movie industry but he asked me what my name was!
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“He’s a Villa fan and he doesn’t know the name of one of their best players?!”
Hanks rarely attends games at Villa Park.
But the 67-year-old actor showed up in February as he watched Unai Emery’s men lose 4-2 to Arsenal from the stands.