<p> "You haven't hung around with her," Hanks joked when asked why he thought of Roberts for the role while penning the movie's script. "Look at the way this woman makes a Margarita! That's a different sort of drunken school teacher. There's stuff behind that," he told eonline.com.<br /><br />The romantic comedy, releasing July 1, is about a a middle-aged man Larry Crowne (Hanks) who decides to go back to college after losing his job and there he develops an unexpected crush on his teacher Mercedes Tainot (Roberts).<br /><br />Roberts is upbeat about her role and said: "It's the most fun thing anyone has asked me to do on camera. Play a drunken school teacher. Isn't that awesome?" </p>
<p> "You haven't hung around with her," Hanks joked when asked why he thought of Roberts for the role while penning the movie's script. "Look at the way this woman makes a Margarita! That's a different sort of drunken school teacher. There's stuff behind that," he told eonline.com.<br /><br />The romantic comedy, releasing July 1, is about a a middle-aged man Larry Crowne (Hanks) who decides to go back to college after losing his job and there he develops an unexpected crush on his teacher Mercedes Tainot (Roberts).<br /><br />Roberts is upbeat about her role and said: "It's the most fun thing anyone has asked me to do on camera. Play a drunken school teacher. Isn't that awesome?" </p>