The outer layer is the aforementioned synthetic leather, which is primarily PVC plastic, then there’s usually a layer of cheesecloth-type cotton adhered with rubber glue, and the innermost layer is a rubber bladder made of polyisobutylene, a synthetic rubber. I also found a website detailing the chemistry of the typical volleyball, which explains the breakdown of volleyballs layer-by-layer. Indeed, the side of the box said the ball was made from “Top Quality Synthetic Leather,” confirming my theory. Eventually I found an auction for a screen-used volleyball from Cast Away still in its packaging (from before Wilson got a face). Most volleyballs are made of synthetic leather, but Cast Away is 20 years old, so I had to be sure. The first thing I had to determine was what, exactly, Wilson was made out of. But what of Wilson? Since director Robert Zemeckis never revealed what became of the movie’s second biggest star, it’s been left to me to explore the possibilities. Hanks tries to rescue him, but Wilson is too far gone.Īfter screaming “I’m sorry Wilson!!!” as his buddy drifts away, Hanks gets rescued by a passing ship, flies back to America and sets out for a life of new possibilities. But after a storm, Hanks finds his spherical pal adrift, having come dislodged from the post he’d been tied to.
After being best buds with Tom Hanks for four years on a small island in the South Pacific, Hanks and his trusty volleyball set sail upon a makeshift raft, determined to be rescued by a passing ship in the ocean.
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The last time we saw Wilson in ultimate social-distancing movie Cast Away, things weren’t going so well for him.