Wilson: How a Simple Volleyball Morphed from Commercial Cameo to Embodiment of Perseverance in Cast Away Movie
5 min readNov 23, 2023
Wilson transforms from ball to bosom buddy
When FedEx executive Chuck Noland emerges from the crashing waves onto a deserted island in the Cast Away movie, clinging to a battered package, neither he nor the audience knows how important that box will become. Inside is Wilson —…