Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson Back Home Covid Safe, for Tom Hanks Fans here is a good news, the actor posted that he and Rita Wilson are back in US safe and now under quarantine. The actor in his post some time ago posted.
Hey Folks, We’re home now and like the rest of america, we carry on with sheltering in place and social distancing. Many Many thanks to everyone in Australia who looked after us.
He added And, many thanks to all of you who reached out with well wishes. Rita and I so appreciate. Hanks
The couple are the first major US celebrities known to have contracted COVID-19. The coronavirus has infected more than several hundred people in the US, which is among the most affected countries in the world after China and Europe.
— Tom Hanks (@tomhanks) March 28, 2020
Tom Hanks COVID situation was reported on March 12, by the actor himself on twitter, wherein he had posted both he and Rita had tested positive for COVID in Australia.
— Tom Hanks (@tomhanks) March 12, 2020
The 63 year old actor was in Australia with Rita where he is working on a film after they felt tired and achy with slight fevers. During the same time Hanks stated
Hanks was in Australia to shoot for an upcoming movie about Elvis Presley. The actor in the movie is set to play the role of Presley’s manager, Colonel Tom Parker, in the Warner Bros production.
“We have been made aware that a company member from our Elvis feature film, which is currently in pre-production in The Gold Coast, Australia, has tested positive for COVID-19,” Warner Bros said in a statement earlier.
During the period in Australia, Rita Wilson appeared on a chat show on free-to-air broadcaster Nine Entertainment. The couple were staying in Gold Coast Region where the Elvis Biopic is being shot. Meanwhile, the state had announced that the Elvis biopic filming has been closed down.
“Not much more to it than a one-day-at-a-time approach, no? We’ll keep the world posted and updated,” Hanks tweeted.
Now it is a happy news as the actor and Rita are back in US.
The Academy Award winner Tom Hanks for his role in Philadelphia in 1994, as a man stricken with AIDS. In the following year he won the best actor award for his role in Forrest Gump. Rita Wilson has appeared in such films as Sleepless in Seattle and Runaway Bride.