Really? Wow. I had no idea. Where can I read more about that? I had the privilege of listening to the REAL Jim Lovell speak in the media tent at Oshkosh a few years back. He spoke more of general aviation than space - a really delightful man.
HaNKS: Yet another Hollywood idiot whose films I won’t be spending my money on no matter how “good” they are. STFU you moron!
Just do a search on the terms “Jack Swigert Apollo 13 Houston” and you’ll find references to it.
It was never a big deal to Swigert or Lovell. They were pros and the mission was what was important. Hanks was probably only thinking about hogging credit because he was the star.
However, it is another telling example of the power of popular entertainment media to define people’s perception of reality, and to distort or falsify the historical record and mislead people. Do your own experiment and ask among friends and acquaintances who said that line. Almost without exception they’ll say Lovell and it’s due to the power of that movie.