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Detailed explanation-1: -Connor Ratliff spent the last 20 years trying to figure out why Tom Hanks fired him from a small role on HBO’s Band of Brothers . His podcast Dead Eyes documents this journey and Ratliff has finally found his white whale – Hanks is coming on his podcast for the Season 3 finale.

Detailed explanation-2: -For 22 years, Connor Ratliff has blamed Tom Hanks for getting him fired from HBO’s “Band of Brothers” as a young actor-and he finally got to confront him-on his own podcast born of the apparent exchange. Except Hanks doesn’t recall a thing.

Detailed explanation-3: -For the unfamiliar, actor/comedian Connor Ratliff hosts a podcast called Dead Eyes. Over two decades ago, Ratliff was rejected by Tom Hanks for a small role on Band of Brothers because, he was told, Hanks said that he had “dead eyes.” That’s the premise of the podcast.

Detailed explanation-4: -Tom Hanks apologises to Connor Ratliff for firing him from Band of Brothers because of his ‘dead eyes’ Tom Hanks has apologised to actor Connor Ratliff, more than two decades after he allegedly fired him from Band of Brothers for having “dead eyes”.

Detailed explanation-5: -Dead Eyes on Apple Podcasts. Actor/comedian Connor Ratliff (The Chris Gethard Show, UCB, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) embarks upon a quest to solve a very stupid mystery that has haunted him for two decades: why Tom Hanks fired him from a small role in the 2001 HBO mini-series, Band Of Brothers.