


Roth described the atmosphere of an era where many people didn't understand the illness saying, "And people wouldn't go to class with him in Florida. The film would, indeed, begin with Forrest coming to terms with the fact that his son has AIDS. Roth actually confirmed with Yahoo! Entertainment that he wrote the script for the sequel film despite the movie never going into production.

However, the more surefire result would be that her son also has AIDS which he would've contracted at birth from his mother. There's always the possibility that Jenny contracted the disease after she slept with Forrest - if she continued her drug use before learning that she was pregnant - since the illness is also transferred through shared needles.
