Tom Hanks says the decision to send his new movie Greyhound straight to a streaming platform instead of movie theaters is ‘heartbreaking’
The World War II movie, based on the book. The Good Shepherd by CS Forester and set in the Battle of the Atlantic, it was supposed to be released in theaters in June this year.
Read more: Tom Hanks embarrasses those who don’t wear masks
However, the coronavirus pandemic put that paid, with the announcement that it would be released on AppleTV + in July.
Talking to the GuardianHanks said the change in plans had been “an absolute heartbreak.”
“I don’t want to piss off my Apple lords, but there is a difference in image and sound quality,” he added.
Hanks also added that “the cruel whipmasters at Apple‘ He had insisted that he conduct his video interview with the newspaper on a white wall background, which means he appears to be in a witness protection program. But here I am, yielding to the needs of Apple TV. ‘
The star of Saving Private Ryan also spoke about his brush with the coronavirus.
Read more: Cast at 20
He and his wife Rita Wilson both contracted the disease in Australia, where he was about to start shooting the new Baz Luhrmann film, in which he plays Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis Presley’s manager.
“Oh no, we are fine,” he said. “Our discomfort from the virus became more or less in two weeks and we had very different reactions, and that was strange.
“My wife lost her sense of taste and smell, she had severe nausea, she had a much higher fever than I did. I just had paralyzing body aches, was very fatigued all the time, and couldn’t focus on anything for more than about 12 minutes. That last part is like my natural state anyway. “
The couple has from blood provided to researchers working on a vaccine.
