LoS ANGeLeS: Tom Hanks was called up for jury service. The actor was called up to deliberate over a domestic violence case and he was determined to do his duty rather than use his celebrity status to get out of it. He said: ‘’I don’t know how it works in the UK but here you are sitting around and then one day you get a summons in the mail to appear for duty. ‘’And you end up making some phone calls and you get some things explained to you and you can ask to be excused ... but you cannot lie and you have to have very specific reasons why you need to be excused.–EX