Sir Ian McKellan Signed For the Da Vinci Code Film

Posted on April 20, 2005

Sir Ian McKellen has joined the cast of the upcoming film of Dan Brown's bestseller, The Da Vinci Code. Sir Ian will portray wealthy Sir Leigh Teabing. Tom Hanks as symbologist Dr. Robert Langdon and Audrey Tautou as Sophie Neveu are set for the leads, and Alfred Molina will play Bishop Aringarosa. Dr. Who star Christopher Eccleston is also rumored to have landed the part of the creepy albino assassin. Ron Howard will direct the film, which begins shooting later this year. Although the book has sold 17 million copies worldwide, the Vatican is far from happy about either the book or the film. And with Cardinal Ratzinger being elected Pope (Benedict XVI), it seems unlikely that the Vatican will soften its position on the work.

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