Tom Hanks Wants to Play Robert Langdon in Dan Brown’s Latest Book “The Lost Symbol”

During a premiere for “Where the Wild Things Are”, Hollywood actor Tom Hanks has said he would like to play the part of Robert Langdon in Dan Brown‘s latest book “The Lost Symbol.” Talking to MTV, Hanks had this to say about the book…

“I just finished it last week. Page-turner. Dan Brown knows how to weave a tale. I was exhausted by the end of it.”

When asked if he would like to star in any movie adapation of the book he replied thusly…

“I'd love to if they're going to do it. I'm not going to walk away from that. If they make it again, I hope they ask me. If they didn't, what did I do wrong?”

“The Lost Symbol” is set within the hidden chambers, tunnels, and temples of Washington, D.C., The Lost Symbol accelerates through a startling landscape toward an unthinkable finale. As the story opens, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned unexpectedly to deliver an evening lecture in the U.S. Capitol Building. Within minutes of his arrival, however, the night takes a bizarre turn. A disturbing object — artfully encoded with five symbols—is discovered in the Capitol Building. Langdon recognizes the object as an ancient invitation…one meant to usher its recipient into a long-lost world of esoteric wisdom. When Langdon's beloved mentor, Peter Solomon — a prominent Mason and philanthropist — is brutally kidnapped, Langdon realizes his only hope of saving Peter is to accept this mystical invitation and follow wherever it leads him. Langdon is instantly plunged into a clandestine world of Masonic secrets, hidden history, and never-before-seen locations—all of which seem to be dragging him toward a single, inconceivable truth. Tom Hanks was last seen as Robert Langdon in “Angels & Demons“. Released on May 15 this year, the sequel to “The Da Vinci Code” has raked in as much as $485.9 million worldwide.