Tom Hanks paid an emotional tribute to astronaut Jim Lovell, who died at 97, remembering the Apollo 13 commander he portrayed in the 1995 film.
Tom Hanks is paying tribute to Jim Lovell, the legendary astronaut he portrayed in the film «Apollo 13.»
In an emotional tribute posted to Instagram, Hanks remembered Lovell as a true visionary. «There are people who dare, who dream, and who lead others to the places we would not go on our own», the actor wrote. «Jim Lovell, who for a long while had gone farther into space and for longer than any other person of our planet, was that kind of guy.»
The Apollo 13 mission commander died on Thursday in Lake Forest, Illinois. He was 97.
Hanks continued, «His many voyages around Earth and on to so-very-close to the moon were not made for riches or celebrity, but because such challenges as those are what fuels the course of being alive — and who better than Jim Lovell to make those voyages.»
As he reflected on the timing of Lovell’s death, Hanks added: «On this night of a full moon, he passes on — to the heavens, to the cosmos, to the stars.
