What Tom Hanks and Matthew Rhys learned from Mister Rogers for 'A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood'

Tom Hanks and Matthew Rhys don't know what to do with the mad that they feel. The actors, who co-star in the Mister Rogers movie "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood," are shouting over each other like two kids squabbling for first rights to a slide at a playground, except they're actually in a hollow conference room at a swanky West Hollywood design complex.

"I'm tired of living my life according to you!!" Rhys huffs at one turn, his Welsh accent sprinting through the words.

It's all a performance, of course, from two affable actors trying to punch up another interview in their press blitz for the film. But gag or not, it gets them thinking about what Mister Rogers would have said if he bore witness to the screaming match - there's talk of counting to four when there's the impulse to roar. And then Hanks just goes for it.

"Sometimes people are mad/ and they really do feel bad," he begins to sing, channeling Rogers' soft-and-steady tone while crossing his legs and mock-tying his shoes. "But the very same people who are mad sometimes/ are the very same people who are glad sometimes."

(Rhys, it should be noted, dutifully sang along.)

Almost no one needs reminding, at this point, that Hanks portrays the beloved children's television host in the film