Corona De Vries, an eight-year-old from the Gold Coast, wrote to the Hollywood star after he and his wife, Rita, had spent more thanThe boy had written to Hanks saying:"I heard on the news you and your wife had caught the coronavirus," Channel 7 News reported.He said he loved his name but people at school called him the coronavirus, which made him"sad and angry".
"Your letter made my wife and I feel so wonderful!" Hanks replied in a letter typed on a Corona typewriter which he had taken to the Gold Coast."You know, you are the only person I've ever known to have the name Corona - like the ring around the sun, a crown," the double Oscar winner wrote to the boy."Ask a grown-up how it works. And use it to write me back."People in Australia must stay at least 1.
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How very thoughtful.
Wow! What a wonderfully kind thing to do.
Now I've gotta watch Toy Story again.
Class. tomhanks
tomhanks is a pedo
Lucky his father wasn't drinking Fosters I guess...
Poor kid... named after beer brand...
Bullied or teased? Or did they become synonymous at some point? (Nice gesture by Hanks either way.)
So, we wasn't already getting bullied for being named after a beer? 😁
tomhanks is a good egg. Thanks for making an Aussie kids life more livable in these horrible and historic times(Funny how they go together so often). Hope the wife and you are well. You are welcome in Australia any time. Love to the US love to the world, we will see better days.
You are one of a kind tomhanks 😄❤️
tomhanks is all class 👏
Not all heroes wear capes tomhanks
He is a good man that Hanksy
He was named crown, really?
tomhanks classy mate, classy
tomhanks you sir are a legend bravo yiasoumegale