When your career has been as long as Tom Hanks' has, you're bound to have cross-dressed at least once. Given the number of movies Hanks has made, this was almost a statistical inevitability. All of us will have our own favorite Hanks films, whether that's 'Forrest Gump,' Apollo 13,' 'Castaway,' war epic 'Saving Private Ryan,' or something completely different. Hanks rarely makes a bad film, nor one that performs poorly at the box office.
We have serious reservations about him in this part, though. The image is taken from 'Bosom Buddies,' and we're crossing our fingers and hoping it was played for laughs. The effect that's been achieved with the hair, makeup and outfit is more 'drag queen' than 'gender swap,' and it's not a drag queen that RuPaul would entertain for very long on 'Drag Race' either. Hanks was young when he made 'Bosom Buddies', so better days were ahead of him.
Not all celebrities have fame and fortune, some are just famous – and in a ton of debt. They came from rags to riches, then went back to rags. Whether they’ve filed bankruptcy, ended up in court, or just can’t stop spending, celebrities mismanage their money just like everyone else. They just hide it well.
50 Cent coined the term “wanksta,” then “partied like it was his birthday” until he filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2015. The rapper was said to be anywhere between $10 million and $50 million in debt. In 2016, a federal bankruptcy court judge in Connecticut approved a plan for the founder of G-Unit to pay his debts back. He was able to get his bankruptcy discharged in February of the following year.
Following a 45-year-long career in Hollywood, acting in more than 70 films, actor Gary Busey found himself in more debt than he was worth. In 2012, it was reported that Busey owed between $500,000 and $1 million worth of debt, but only had $50,000 to his name. The 74-year-old actor owed money to hospitals, banks, the L.A. Waterworks District, and even a storage company. He filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy that same year. Despite his longstanding career in Hollywood, Busey's net worth is now only $500,000.
Burt Reynolds is still worth five million dollars, but his battles with debt date back more than 20 years. Between bad investments and a pricey divorce from actress Loni Anderson, the 1970s superstar had to deal with over $10 million in debt and decided to file Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1996. While testifying in a 1994 custody hearing, the South Florida native said he spent $40 million getting through his divorce.
The former Hollywood bad boy, Charlie Sheen owes the IRS nearly $5 million. But that's not all. In 2016, his net worth was reportedly still as high as $150 million, but he was nonetheless $12 million in debt at the time – including mortgages, legal fees, and taxes. That same year, Debt.com reported Sheen owed nearly $300,000 on an American Express card alone.