Hollywood’s veteran actor Tom Hanks shares his battle against COVID-19 and opens up about recovering from it in a recent interview. In March, Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson both were tested positive when they were in Australia.
The actor described his experience in these words,”My experience with COVID-19 has been like everyone else’s except for the first week or so where we were positive.” Mr Hanks said that he has been doing his part by maintaining social distancing and more. “We got over our discomforts and symptoms and now we have just been trying to do our part like everybody else,” he said.
The Academy Award-winning actor said that there’s no guarantee of whether he is quite immune from coronavirus. “There’s no guarantee. We always keep coming with new information of whether or not we are quite immune from it but in the meantime, social distance, wear a mask, wash your hands do your part just like everybody else,” said Mr Hanks.
Forrest Gump actor and his wife were in Australia for a new biopic on Elvis Presley, in which the actor plays Elvis’ manager. The Academy Award winner was last seen in A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood for which he received an Oscar nomination. The actor awaits the release of his next project Greyhound, which is slated to release on July 10 on Apple TV+.
During his time in his quarantine phase, the 63-year-old actor kept updating about himself from his twitter handle. The actor got a lot of advice about eating Vegemite in the quintessential Australian way. He also opened up about what kept him and his wife Rita busy during the quarantine. In a Twitter post, he revealed that his wife won 6 straight hands of gin rummy. See his posts.
https://twitter.com/tomhanks/status/1240024515498786816/photo/1
Thanks to the Helpers. Let’s take care of ourselves and each other. Hanx pic.twitter.com/09gCdvzGcO
— Tom Hanks (@tomhanks) March 15, 2020
Here’s last week's bag of plasma. Such a bag! After the paperwork, it’s as easy as taking a nap. Thanks @arimoin and UCLA. Hanx pic.twitter.com/15WblGiVwe
— Tom Hanks (@tomhanks) April 29, 2020
The novel coronavirus which was originated in Wuhan last year was considered as a global pandemic in March 2020, by the World Health Organisation (WHO). Other celebrities including, Idris Elba and his wife Sabrina, singer Kanika Kapoor, actors Indira Varma, Kristofer Hivju, Olga Kurylenko, Rachel Matthews and Daniel Dae Kim also tested positive for coronavirus.
