I was picturing somebody like Gerard Butler when I read "The Da Vinci Code", which is why the news today comes as a surprise. Newsweek reports that Tom Hanks has been pegged to play the lead role of Robert Langdon in Sony's upcoming film adaptation of the Dan Brown novel sensation.
This would be the third teaming of Hanks with
Director Ron Howard and Producer Brian Grazer after 1984's "Splash" and 1995's "Apollo 13". Howard says "Tom is an exciting actor to watch thinking, we probably don't need his status from a box-office standpoint - but he gives Langdon instant
legitimacy".
Jean Reno is apparently on Grazer's short list as the bullish cop Bezu Fache. The duo want actual foreign actors to play the book's foreign characters which is why one recent Oscar winning actress was turned away when enquiring about the lead female role of Parisian cryptologist Sophie Neveu.
Thanks to 'Lisa' & 'KC'
