The really frightening thing
about the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) that has all but shut down the
world for a few months of 2020 is that it could potentially strike and – and strike
down – pretty much anyone out of the blue. Quite the number of individuals of
varying levels of celebrity have caught, and sometimes succumbed, to the highly
infectious virus. For instance, fans of actor-filmmaker Tom Hanks were shocked
and worried last March when he announced that he and his wife tested positive for
COVID while filming in Australia. They managed to recover fully before the
month ended, but Hanks still has vivid memories.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Tom Hanks talked this past Tuesday, July
14, about his experience from when he and wife Rita Wilson struggled with the
COVID-19 infection in the days leading into the global lockdown. He was
interviewed during a virtual appearance on CBS’ “The Late Show” with Stephen
Colbert, where he related how he and Wilson were surprised to have caught the
virus while working on an Elvis Presley biopic on location in Australia. They
were considered the “first famous people” to get and survive a brush with
COVID.
"We had no idea how it could
have happened, where it could have happened," notes the 64-year-old actor,
seeing as he and Wilson, 63, only discovered their infection upon testing
positive in Queensland, Australia last May 12. It was determined that they
picked up the virus on their trip to that country from the US. Tom, Rita, and
five other COVID-positive cases on the “Elvis” production set were hospitalized
for several days. The couple were released on the 16th, but stayed quarantined
at a rental home in Australia until March 27, when they returned stateside.
Tom Hanks said he and his wife
exhibited different symptoms for COVID-19, with the actor saying that for 8 to
9 days he felt as if his bones were “made out of crackers.” Rita Wilson on the
other hand briefly lost her senses of smell and taste, along with migraines and
high fever. Following his recovery, Hanks is not quite certain if his infection
have him immunity or if he could catch the coronavirus again.
Aside from Warner Bros.’ upcoming
“Elvis” where he will portray Presley’s manager Colonel Tom Parker, Hanks also
stars in WWII submarine war film “Greyhound” from Sony Pictures, now streaming
on Apple TV+. The Hollywood star’s first (virtual) TV appearance after his brush
with COVID was on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” for April 11, giving the opening
monologue from his house.
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