As the number of positive Coronavirus cases continue to grow across the globe, Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson have announced that they have tested positive for COVID-19 while in pre-production for a film in Australia.
The couple contracted the virus while in the Gold Cost for Baz Luhrmann’s untitled Elvis Presley movie. They are the first major U.S.
celebrities to publicly share the news of a diagnosis. As Hanks wrote in a statement on Instagram:According to Variety, Hanks and Wilson are the only two members of the production to contract the virus. “We have been made aware that a company member from our Elvis feature film, which is currently in pre-production in The Gold Coast, Australia, has tested positive for COVID-19 (coronavirus),” said.
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