Tom Hanks is disappointed in Americans for coronavirus response - New York Post

July 7, 2020 | 9:47am.

Tom Hanks didn’t name names, but decried the U.S.

“There’s a darkness on the edge of town here, folks,” he said.

… You can say, ‘Well, traffic accidents kill a lot of people too.’ But traffic accidents happen because a lot of drivers aren’t doing their part.

While the couple recovered and don’t have lingering effects, Hanks said the state of affairs in the U.S.

“The idea of doing one’s part should be so simple,” he said.

(Sony, which had initially planned a June release for the film, struck a deal in May to move it to Apple.) Asked about the experience of opening a movie online rather than movie theaters, Hanks winked at Apple as a “benevolent streaming service” but then made a sincere case for streaming?

“It’s going to be available

It’s going to be viewable,” he said

The WWII era depicted in the film offers lessons for today, Hanks said

“There was a sensibility then that permeated society, which was: ‘Do your part,’” Hanks said

“There was a tiny bit of stuff that you could do to aid the effort.” During the war, “They didn’t know when it was going to come to an end, and we don’t know what’s going to happen with COVID-19.”

“The idea of doing one’s part should be so simple: wear a mask, social distance, wash your hands

— TODAY (@TODAYshow) July 7, 2020

— TODAY (@TODAYshow) July 7, 2020