Tom Hanks Wows with His Masterful Improv Skills After a Medical Emergency During Shakespeare Play

Tom Hanks Wows with His Masterful Improv Skills After a Medical Emergency During Shakespeare Play

By KAREN MIZOGUCHI

Image: Tom Hanks/Craig Schwartz

Tom Hanks showed why he is one of the world’s best – and most loved actors – recently when a theatergoer had a medical emergency during his performance of Shakespeare’s Henry IV.

The 61-year-old actor, who portrays Sir John Falstaff, used his masterful improvisation skills to entertain a restless crowd at the Veterans Affairs’ West Los Angeles campus when an audience member became ill on Wednesday.

The show came to a halt for 15 minutes after the person passed out, according to the Orange County Register.

Hanks kept the rest of the audience focused on him to allow the show’s crew, who are made up of military veterans with medical training, and later the paramedics, to treat the audience member without interruption.

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