re: Greyhound question for Navy folks - no real spoilers

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Hollywood putting an actor they think fit the roll nothing more. At 63 he would be a Captain on his last look at Admiral or an Admiral.

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Tom Hanks wrote and produced the movie. For himself. Hollywood decided nothing.

Tom Hanks was clearly playing younger than his real-life age. The Elizabeth Shue scene in the intro establishes that he's more middle aged. But of course, if he hasn't included that useless scene, we wouldn't have found out this was his first command, and the questions in this thread wouldn't have come up. Cut that scene and we assume he's a weathered vet who might be close to retirement but has stayed on because of the strong need for experienced captains.

Know nothing about the navy. Only answering from the perspective of storytelling.