10 Movie Scenes Too Crazy For Cinema

3. The "Retard Squad" In Forrest Gump

Tom Hanks' performance as Forrest Gump was actually quite subtle and ever sought to be exploitative, but the original script had a full squadron of mentally challenged soldiers. As well they might – in the real world Defense Secretary Robert McNamara had lowered the IQ requirement for 100,000 recruits, nicknamed “McNamara’s Morons”.

The Department of Defense advised on the script but made clear it would not support the production if the scene remained.

Although the 1994 film did not receive formal support from the military, it was still instrumental in turning a bleak anti-war book into a light comedy.