Is Gary too much of a "Gigachad/Enfant Prodige" to be relatable?

I see,well i am glad to hear such a person really exists,because i really admire his character. He must be a cool and wise guy.

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Must be...especially to have somehow connected up with Tom Hanks and given Hanks enough trust in him to partner up on many movies together.

I suppose that SOME of the Gary we get in the movie is an embellishment by PTA...but you can figure out the character's stregnths.

Take the example that Gary is well regarded -- with a regular table, yet -- at the Cock of the Tail restaurant by the owner/manager. We know that Gary was a child/teen actor for many years. He earned his own money and his mother probably let him keep much of it(I suspect the father is long gone and Gary helps support his mother.)

Gary probably went into the Tail of the Cock one evening, flashed his cash to the manager to prove he could buy a meal there...and then just kept coming in so often, ready and able to buy his meals, that the manager accepted Gary as an adult customer and "house friend": gets his special booth and royal treatment even if he can't order alcohol yet.

This works with Alana, too. She at first sees in Gary a "boy too young to date," and she puts him to an immediate test: if she goes on this date, how will he pay for it? Most young boys don't have that kind of cash -- but Gary does and he further proves it by going on about his acting work.

It is worth noting that in this "movie version," Gary loses his standing as a child actor early on (too old, too physically BIG) but moves quickly on other money making schemes. Its like he gets it -- "oh, I can't be an actor anymore, better pick some other way to make a living." We see him go from water beds to newly legalized pinball machines(after the oil crisis and other things make waterbeds passe.) Very enterprising.

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