on Saturday, I was out taking a stroll with dear Mr Moss and little Hambet, and we saw a poster for that DaVinci Code movie.
I had high hopes when I heard that Sir Ian McKellan had been cast for the movie. I was hoping that he would be cast as Silas, the albino Opus Dei monk-assasin and that he would steal the whole movie, the same way Alan Rickman subverted "Prince of Thieves." But alas, it was not to be; Paul Bettany is to play Silas.
So maybe all is not lost. Bettany was cast as Maturin in "Master and Commander" and I didn't think the character they gave him to play had anything to do with the Maturin of the books. So maybe there will be a really clever, subversive screenwriter on the project who will give Silas all the funny lines.
I really like Paul Bettany, but honestly, Tom Hanks as Langdon? I kept picturing he'd be like a cross between David Duchovny and Harrison Ford.
Hmmm...a funny, murderous, albino monk might be interesting. rofl
I've been at the IMDB site for ages debating, or rather, casting pearls unnecessarily lol. Funny how many people get all of their "facts" from this novel. One of the most effective debators happens to be an atheist which seems to give him much cred. :)