TOM HANKS: SIR IAN MCKELLEN IS A PLAYHOUSE FOR DA VINCI CODE

[TheSeanpatrickobrien]

lol tom hanks loves being delightfully probed!

[MagicalWham]

Hanks would be looking at a knighthood. Give it a few more years.

[aerdna14]

@MagicalWham Can Americans even be knighted? I didn't think they could, since they're not a member of the Commonwealth.

[Nick22pr]

@aerdna14 we can if were dual citizens. there also might be the ability to do so in special cases like if there is a direct lineage that can be legitimately traced as British.

[Nick22pr]

@aerdna14 i dont really know though. interesting question. im gonna have to study that in more detail.

[aerdna14]

@Nick22pr I find the knighting system rather confusing actually. A lot of countries like Canada and New Zealand have their own things (like the Order of Canada, Order of New Zealand etc.) but I think you can still be knighted? And then there are levels of knighthood, like only the highest ones give you the title of Sir or Dame. It's confusing.

[Nick22pr]

@aerdna14 lol the whole system is very complicated. I know i study a bit more about it than i think the average American does, but thats also partially because I'm of Scottish descent, and my family is really really old. I always kind of took pride in that. We have a coat of arms and all the usuals of your ancient families, which i need to look at more because the ancient families all pretty much connect, and they all pretty much have shoot-offs and connections with royal blood.

[aerdna14]

@Nick22pr My family has a coat of arms too! And our own tartan. And yeah, practically all of the settlers in North America were English, most Caucasian people probably have predominantly English/Irish/Scottish/Welsh roots. I definitely would not be surprised to find out that I'm randomly related to people around North America and Britain by some common ancestors. And my paternal grandmother was Queen Elizabeth II's fifth cousin or something haha. Everybody's related somehow!

[aerdna14]

@Nick22pr I really, really love history actually. Lots of people think it's dull and boring, but I think it's rather fascinating, actually. Not to mention that it gives me chills to realize that in some places I can literally walk where Napoleon or Elizabeth I or Paul Revere walked, or that I can visit the graves of Isaac Newton or Leonardo DaVinci or Alexander Pope and know that the actual remains of the great scientists and artists and philosophers of old lie beneath my feet. It's wonderful.

[DemiathDoomhammer]

in fact, if you look close enough, you begin to see that Tom Hanks has the same friendly eyes as Sir Ian McKellen, and if they ever do a movie (or probably two or three movies) out of The Silmarillion, Tom Hanks could actually play a younger version of Gandalf!

[RobertoMoreno94]

@DemiathDoomhammer Yes, your're right :)

[wiganesewebby]

Sir Ian Mckellan came to my school yesterday to talk about his new films and stuff he was well cool :D

[joshie228]

Christ... people need to grow up if they think that the word "probing" is funny or suggestive.

[CubishBalls]

@joshie228

Haha... Probing...

[2012UKOlympics]

Two Great Talents

[Cutterxx4]

his hair is so fucking ugly. hes not a long hair type guy

[orion773]

"delightful probing?" Ewwwwwwwwww.

[Roskomaximus]

Wait, what? "Constant, delightful probing"??

[tomes55moon]

@Roskomaximus haha u beat me to it!

[xXsum41rulesXx]

what does he say?

[annjar69]

They're good actors both :)

[mai1992]

Aaah I love Tom Hanks in a totally heterosexual way! Hes one of the greatest actors.

[Dodo251]

@mai1992 He really is an outstanding actor. No wonder Spielberg sticks to him like glue.

[23627428]

very nice =)

anyone here like rage against the machine!?!?! 55

[fuhrerschein2008]

Sir Ian McKellen and Tom Hanks - two extraordinary actors

[MrMasoodrodman1]

@fuhrerschein2008 extraordinary is an understatement

[BrotherlyBesties]

hehe, when he imitates Ian McKellen's accent he sounds like a southern sheriff

[falonhawk]

tom hanks rocks

[amylovesrats]

tom hanks is OLD!

[Prejudice54]

but that doesnt stops him of being THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!

[matrixhed]

"There was just this constant, delightful probing."

Oh yeahhhhhhhhhhhhh!

[e1a2r3t4h5]

????????????

[requin2511]

bad book, okay movie

[ForEmily23]

Great book, best movie I've ever seen

[requin2511]

okay, the book was good, though I like angels and demons better. But I did not like the movie, but I liked Ian McKellen in it.

[e1a2r3t4h5]

????????????????? The best ??? How old are u

[ForEmily23]

If you are asking me..I'm 24

[xxstarsavyxx]

wow didnt see that coming...

[downmama]

I'd tap it.

[paisibear]

i guess the fiction is much better

[juidas]

sir Liegh: "You asked what would be worth killing for?! Witness the greatest cover-up in human history! This is the secret that the Priory of Sion has defended for over 20 centuries.. They are the guardians of the royal bloodline The keepers of the proof of our true past They are the protectors of the living descendants of Jesus Christ and Mary Magdalene" and he smiles :) one of the best scenes EVER!

[juidas]

I swear to God I saw the scene when Sir Liegh talks about the "Keepers" more than 60 times and yet! i cannot stop watching it..

[kairamon]

mediocre movie

[jancy111]

best movie

[blaser2214]

good movie

[michil93]

i prefer Sir Ian McKellen.

[Darkangel127]

Me too! Sir Ian is like my favourite actor, whereas Tom Hanks is, in my opinion, the most overrated actor in Hollywood.

[Stifmeister90]

overrated?

2oscars and a dozen nominations is overrated to you?

hanks is the man.

i didnt overread that it was your opinion and i respect that, but how can you say hes a bad actor?

[Darkangel127]

I'm not a film critic to judge his acting and I never said that he's a bad actor. On the contrary, I respect his career. I just don't like him! And I do think that some of his performances were not oscar worthy, like "Castaway".

PS: I don't think that "Save Private Ryan" was a brilliant film either. Just a personal opinion...

[shaneomac911]

Saving Private Ryan was an awesomed film so shut the hell up. And he's an awesome actor. And Castaway is brilliant and was oscar worthy.

[readinghypnotist]

Bah! Spoken like someone who has never seen brilliant movies like "Forrest Gump" "Apollo 13", or "Saving Private Ryan".

[Stifmeister90]

yup you are totally right.

personally I think forrest gump was his best performance yet, but thats only because he hasnt had any other performances that seen harder to act than that one.

But still all his movies are great.

oh and to the guy under my last comment, if ull ever read this: castaway was totally worthy of an oscar because its not easy to talk to yourself and to a ball the whole time in movie

[kempoos1990]

I just love Tom, He's such a great actor and wonderful man :)