As a boy, Michael Conner Humphreys made a splash on the silver screen as "young Forrest Gump." As an adult, he somewhat mirrored the life of his movie character: He joined the Army and fought in an unpopular war.
Humphreys' enlistment ends June 4, and Hollywood is already calling. He's landed a role in an independent film, playing, of course, a soldier.
It's a route similar to that of Tom Hanks, who won the Oscar for playing adult Forrest Gump.
Hanks later starred in "Saving Private Ryan" and produced "Band of Brothers," a series about the men of Easy Company of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment during World War II.
"I guess I'm following in his tracks," Humphreys said.
The film is called "Pathfinders," the story of the men of the 504th Parachute Regiment who jumped into Normandy early on D-Day to disrupt German activities and find the way for the coming invasion force.