Blank Check with Griffin & David · Blank Check Productions
The Ladykillers with Connor Ratliff
September 21, 2025·2 hr 47 min·5 clips
Tom Hanks fired Connor Ratliff from Band of Brothers, citing 'dead eyes' that haunted his career.
As heard by us
A jagged Hanks conversation that finds its footing in the movie's strangest comic seams.
The episode starts with a deliberate skid, working through a trailer line, breakfast-starch ad memories, and the idea that this may be the worst opening ever recorded before it settles on The Ladykillers and Tom Hanks.
Why you'd press play
You want Hanks talk that starts in chaos and still finds the movie.
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