Tom Hanks scoffs at paying $28M for Blue Origin space flight
Hanks turned down an offer to go to space.
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He's played an astronaut, but Tom Hanks isn't in a hurry to be one.
Tom Hanks turned down an offer from Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos to go to space, the actor told Jimmy Kimmel on Tuesday.
"It costs like 28 million bucks," Hanks said, "I'm doing good, Jimmy... but I ain't paying 28 [million] bucks."
Hanks went on to say that everyone could simulate the experience of going to space by leaning back in their chairs and shaking for several minutes.
Blue Origin didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
Hanks also said he was offered the seat ahead of Star Trek icon William Shatner, who took the short excursion to the edge of space in October. While Hanks hasn't been to space, he played astronaut Jim Lovell in 1995's Apollo 13. Hanks' new post-apocalypse drama Finch streams on Apple TV Plus Friday. In the movie, he stars as a castaway with charming robot pals.