Tom Hanks Replyed To A Letter From A Child Named Corona

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JAKARTA - A simple and positive action was carried out by Tom Hanks on Thursday, April 24. He reportedly sent a letter to an 8 year old boy named Corona. In March, this child sent Hanks a letter for the first time after announcing that he was positive for the corona virus publicly.

In his letter, the child who comes from Australia wrote down his concern for the 63-year-old actor. "I heard on the news that you and your wife have contracted the corona virus. Are you guys OK? "

This child also expressed his sadness at the name he had. “I like my name but at school, people call me“ corona virus ”. I get sad and angry when people call me that. " he wrote quoted from NME.

Then, Tom Hanks replied to the letter using the Corona font. “Dear Corona, your letter makes my wife and I feel great! Thank you for being a great friend - a friend who makes a friend feel good when they are sad, ”the actor in Cast Away replied.

Hanks also praised Corona because only he had that name. "You're the only person I know who has the name Corona - like a ring in the middle of the sun, a crown."

The California-born actor asked Corona to continue his response with a digital device and replied to Hanks' message with the device.

"Even though I have recovered and returned to the United States, reading your letter makes me feel better," explained Woody's voice actor in the Toy Story series who then closed the letter with the film's theme song. "You have a friend in me (You got a friend in me)".

The story behind this letter is one of the positive stories amidst the news of the COVID-19 pandemic. As is well known, Tom Hanks and his wife, Rita Wilson, reported that they tested positive for the corona virus in early March while in Australia.

Tom Hanks is in Australia shooting the biopic Elvis by Baz Luhrmann. Hanks plays Colonel Tom Parker, manager of Elvis Presley, starring Austin Butler. The filming process was stopped to prevent it from spreading, considering that Hanks had a lot of contact with the cast and the production team.

For two weeks, Hanks and his wife received intensive care on the Gold Coast until they recovered and returned to the US to rest at the end of March. Recently, Tom Hanks also donated his blood for vaccine research to find a cure for the corona virus.