The Da Vinci Code

[virgovictoria (Premo)]

Originally Posted by AMP

You know who could actually make it? Colin Firth. He has the right mix of seriousness (Brown's character is a symbologist, remember), the age would be right (I think Ford would be a little too old), and quiet sexiness. But the accent would have to go!

I thought about Firth too...

[Nickel]

My two cents. Colin Firth would be horrible. He's a romantic-comedy type of guy, and the lead needs to have a brooding sort of handsomeness. Firth is just not sexy. Cute? Maybe. Sexy? Negative. Colin Farrel was actually in the running to play the lead, but they haven't released who it will actually be. I think he's too young. I've never thought about it before, but someone brought up Richard Gere. I think he would do good in that part. He's good looking, but not too good looking, can play serious roles without making an ass of himself, and tends to have very good chemistry with all his female co-stars.

[dustin]

Sean Connery would play that old english professor dude very well what was that characters name? Tudely or something like that?

[virgovictoria (Premo)]

David Duchovny? :shouldiduckorholdheadlevel?: Hmm, too flat..



(I just thought of him, Nickel, when you wrote "brooding")

I know, the perfect lead will come to one of us at the most inopportune time, during which we will have to make that crucial decision as to whether or not to seal the fate and future of our star by interrupting the moment and writing it down!

Maybe I should, uh, get a life?

[AMP]

Originally Posted by Nickel

My two cents. Colin Firth would be horrible. He's a romantic-comedy type of guy, and the lead needs to have a brooding sort of handsomeness. Firth is just not sexy. Cute? Maybe. Sexy? Negative. Colin Farrel was actually in the running to play the lead, but they haven't released who it will actually be. I think he's too young. I've never thought about it before, but someone brought up Richard Gere. I think he would do good in that part. He's good looking, but not too good looking, can play serious roles without making an ass of himself, and tends to have very good chemistry with all his female co-stars.

OK, point taken on Colin, although I tend to think of him as Darcy in Pride and Prejudice - can you get more brooding than that? :) But I am sure the majority of the movie going public think of him in Bridget Jones' DIary.

Not sure about Gere on this one.

[AMP]

Originally Posted by virgovictoria

David Duchovny? :shouldiduckorholdheadlevel?: Hmm, too flat..



(I just thought of him, Nickel, when you wrote "brooding")

I know, the perfect lead will come to one of us at the most inopportune time, during which we will have to make that crucial decision as to whether or not to seal the fate and future of our star by interrupting the moment and writing it down!

Maybe I should, uh, get a life?

Get a life? Nah! THis is fun.

[mAlice (Premo)]

Originally Posted by Nickel

My two cents. Colin Firth would be horrible. He's a romantic-comedy type of guy, and the lead needs to have a brooding sort of handsomeness. Firth is just not sexy. Cute? Maybe. Sexy?

I disagree. I think Firth is sexy. Matter of opinion. He does a good 'brooding' character. Whether or not he'd be right for the part, I can't say. I haven't read the book.

[virgovictoria (Premo)]

Originally Posted by AMP

Get a life? Nah! THis is fun.

I actually went through my DVDs ISO a suitable actor for our leading man!

There is actually someone on an older TV drama that is lurking in the back of my mind. I'm sure it'll come to me (see earlier post )!

Keep 'em coming!

[Tonio]

I finally got around to reading the book. I'm surprised Dan Brown hasn't gotten the kind of grief that Martin Scorcese got for "The Last Temptation of Christ." From my reading, Brown's book seems to be much more radical in subject matter than Scorcese's movie. I'm going to read some of the books that Brown mentions, including the Gnostic Gospels. I did always wonder why one of the disciples in Da Vinci's The Last Supper looked feminine.

[AMP]

Originally Posted by Tonio

I finally got around to reading the book. I'm surprised Dan Brown hasn't gotten the kind of grief that Martin Scorcese got for "The Last Temptation of Christ." From my reading, Brown's book seems to be much more radical in subject matter than Scorcese's movie. I'm going to read some of the books that Brown mentions, including the Gnostic Gospels. I did always wonder why one of the disciples in Da Vinci's The Last Supper looked feminine.

Make sure you read Holy Blood Holy Grail, and the Templar Revelation. Also try to find the Woman with the Alabaster Jar. There is so SOOOO much out there, by real researchers, which is why Brown's book has not caught as much crap as you may think. Once you start reading, you realize he just stitched it all together.

I have read extensively on the topics he touches on, and more. It is all quite interesting. I would give a read through the Bible's gospels as well. As a Catholic, we were never exhorted to read the Bible, so I decided to do it on my own, and you really get alot of background, especially if you are going to give the Gnostic Gospels a read.

Good luck, hope you will find your own revelations helpful.