This is the reason why Tom Hanks rejected Jeff Bezos's proposal to travel to space
Tom Hanks.
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As technology advances and space travel becomes a close experience for the human being, more and more personalities seek to make history and be among the first to venture into get in touch with the unknown. However, there are other celebrities, such as actor Tom Hanks , that prefer to leave this experience to the experts and witness it like the rest of the world.
In a recent interview with Jimmy Kimmel, the star of “Forrest Gump ”left more than one with their mouths open when he revealed that Jeff Bezos offered him a trip to space in his Blue Origin rocket .
After his confession, the driver of the late show and audiences were excited by the possibility that Tom Hanks is one of the first American actors to visit space. However, the happiness was short-lived, as the actor quickly dismissed the idea and confessed that Bezos’s “invitation” actually had a cost.
“Well yes, as long as you pay,” said the famous 65 years. “It costs like 28 million dollars or something like that. And I’m doing fine, Jimmy, but I’m not going to pay 28 million dollars. You know what, we could simulate the experience of going to space right now. ”
Tom Hanks, who came to the show to promote his new movie, “Finch,” mimicked the motion of a rocket while sitting in his seat, then said: “I don’t need to spend 65 millions to do that ”, generating instant laughter from the audience.
While the actor behind projects such as “Castaway” and “Rescuing the soldier Ryan ”refuses to pay a high amount of money to travel to space, everything seems to indicate that other personalities in the environment are willing to do so. This was the case with actor William Shatner, Captain Kirk from Star Trek, who at the beginning of October became the oldest person to travel to space.
90 year old actor , traveled in the company of Blue Origin executive Audrey Powers, Planet Labs co-founder, Australian Chris Boshuizen, and Glen de Vries of health research platform Medidata Solutions. Amazing!
