{"id":2556,"date":"2026-05-18T17:03:57","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T17:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/tom-hanks-meets-mr-met-dressed-up-as-his-cast-away-co-star-at-mlb-game\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T17:03:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T17:03:57","slug":"tom-hanks-meets-mr-met-dressed-up-as-his-cast-away-co-star-at-mlb-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/tom-hanks-meets-mr-met-dressed-up-as-his-cast-away-co-star-at-mlb-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Hanks meets Mr. Met dressed up as his &#8216;Cast Away&#8217; co-star at MLB game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/tom-mr-met.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Tom Hanks meets Mr. Met.<\/p>\n<p>While at the New York Yankees vs. New York Mets game on Saturday, Hanks had an epic interaction with the latter team\u2019s mascot, who dressed up as Wilson, the volleyball companion to Hanks\u2019 character in \u201cCast Away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DYa_iVHsMrl\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;ig_rid=0d3eb211-f866-44a3-9e85-8efd0833ee2a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">In a video <\/a>from the game at Citi Field, Hanks, 69, popped up on the jumbotron and was surprised by Mr. Met, who had a large red handprint on his face to look like the bloody volleyball.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Tom Hanks went to the New York Mets game Saturday and met Mr. Met, who was dressed up as Wilson, the volleyball in his film \u201cCast Away.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">JASON SZENES FOR THE NEW YORK POST<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Hanks (seen above) was surprised by the team\u2019s mascot in the stands at the game. <span class=\"credit\">JASON SZENES FOR THE NEW YORK POST<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Hanks (pictured above with Mr. Met) yelled out \u201cWilson,\u201d which his \u201cCast Away\u201d character says in the movie. <span class=\"credit\">JASON SZENES FOR THE NEW YORK POST<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>After the pair shook hands, Hanks shouted \u201cWilson\u201d \u2014 the famous line uttered by his character, Chuck Noland, in the 2000 film.<\/p>\n<p>Hanks then pulled out a notebook and jokingly went over game pointers with the mascot.<\/p>\n<p>The Oscar winner previously reunited with Wilson in 2022, when he held a blood-smeared volleyball over his head as he threw out the first pitch at a Cleveland Guardians vs. San Francisco Giants game.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The actor (pictured above) also jokingly pulled out a notebook and went over game pointers with the mascot. <span class=\"credit\">AP Photo\/Yuki Iwamura<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">JASON SZENES FOR THE NEW YORK POST<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The mascot (seen above with Hanks) had a large red handprint on his face to look like the bloody volleyball. <span class=\"credit\">JASON SZENES FOR THE NEW YORK POST<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In \u201cCast Away,\u201d Hanks plays Chuck, a FedEx troubleshooter who ends up stranded on a deserted island after his plane crashes in the South Pacific.<\/p>\n<p>During his fight for survival, Chuck gets blood on a volleyball, which he names Wilson and adopts as his surrogate companion. <\/p>\n<p>Later in the film, Wilson ends up accidentally washing off Chuck\u2019s raft during a storm and drifts away from Chuck into the ocean.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Hanks previously reunited with Wilson at a different MLB game in 2022, as pictured above. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Wilson (pictured above) is a bloody volleyball that becomes Hanks\u2019 character\u2019s companion in the 2000 film. <span class=\"credit\">\u00a920thCentFox\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>During a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/mYyAXjJ5-OA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2024 interview with ReelBlend<\/a>, Hanks explained how Wilson ended up becoming vital to the film\u2019s plot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had a different sort of screenplay in that Chuck Noland spoke all the time,\u201d he said. \u201cWe got to the island and literally, the very first shot, we say [to director Robert Zemeckis], \u2018I don\u2019t see any reason for Chuck to talk here, unless you think somebody is there.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd Bob said, \u2018You know, that\u2019d be great because you\u2019re not really going to have any lines until Wilson shows up.\u2019 I said, \u2018Perfect,\u2019\u201d Hanks recalled.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>In \u201cCast Away,\u201d Hanks (pictured above in the movie) plays a FedEx troubleshooter who ends up stranded on a deserted island. <span class=\"credit\">\u00a920thCentFox\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Hanks (seen above in the film) was nominated for an Oscar for his performance. <span class=\"credit\">\u00a920thCentFox\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hanks previously revealed in a 2009 interview with the BBC that he was hospitalized and almost died of a staph infection while filming \u201cCast Away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was there for three days with something that, believe it or not, almost killed me,\u201d he explained. \u201cI got an infection from a cut, and it was eating its way through my leg.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hanks was nominated for the 2001 Best Actor Oscar for \u201cCast Away.\u201d He lost to Russell Crowe for \u201cGladiator.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/18\/celebrity-news\/tom-hanks-meets-mr-met-dressed-up-as-his-cast-away-co-star-at-mlb-game\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tom Hanks meets Mr. Met. 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