Tom Hanks Saved $28 Million By Declining Jeff Bezos’ Offer To Fly To Space

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The star of “Apollo 13” is fine with staying grounded. On Tuesday night, Tom Hanks appeared on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” and was asked about rumours that he was offered a spot on Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin flight into space. READ MORE: William Shatner Reacts To Prince William’s Disapproval Of Space Race “Well, yeah, provided I pay,” Hanks said, confirming the offer and that he turned it down. “It costs like $28 million or something like that.

And I’m doing good, Jimmy — I’m doing good — but I ain’t paying $28 million. You know what, we could simulate the experience of going to space right now,” he added.

Shaking his chair like a rocket blasting off, Hanks joked, “I don’t need to spend 28 million bucks to do that.” READ MORE: William