Tom Hanks is ready to talk coronavirus. The Academy Award-winning actor was featured on Thursday's episode of the National Defense Radio Show and discussed his experience fighting off the virus will wife Rita Wilson, who also tested positive. “Rita went through a tougher time than I did,” said Hanks, 63, per Us Weekly. “She had a much higher fever.
She had lost her sense of taste and sense of smell." As for Hanks himself, he said he "had some bad body aches and was very fatigued, and that’s how the COVID-19 went through us.” Tom Hanks. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP) The "Forrest Gump" star shared that while he was in recovery, he did his best to stay in shape by doing 30-minute stretch sessions, as well as other "old man things." “I.