The Lost Symbol (M6): What awaits us in the new series from the author of The Da Vinci Code?

A mini-pyramid piece covered with inscriptions, semi-precious rings with esoteric symbols, walls that move and crush you, and villains with strange names (Mal’akh) as if they came from a language of the past… Inspired by one of the best-selling American novelist Dan Brown is in a series. The Da Vinci Code. About this time Lost SymbolPublished in France at the end of 2009. Lost Symbol. A serial adaptation of one of the adventures of its protagonist, Robert Langdon, a professor of symbology at Harvard University. To embody it, place not Tom Hanks (who lent his features to the cinema in The Da Vinci Code, Angels and Demons and Hell), but actor Ashley Zukerman, who was discovered in two series: Pacificfollowed by Designated Survivor.

A strange cut hand

” Dan Brown told me he wanted Robert Langdon to have faith, but he doesn’t, the actor explains. Embodying it with this idea changed everything for me. He knows too much. Somehow it traps him and keeps him from believing. Therefore, it is easy to understand that this man has difficulty trusting his instincts due to his intelligence. In The Lost Symbol, set a few years before the events The Da Vinci CodeInitiated by the CIA, Robert Langdon must solve a series of potentially deadly puzzles as his mentor Peter Solomon (Eddie Izzard) disappears. Only his carefully cut hand was found in the middle of a monument in Washington. Langdon is not alone in his quest, but is supported by Peter’s daughter, Katherine Solomon (Valorie Curry). One scholar also focused, however, on the study of less traditional sciences, such as the effect of Buddhist chants on the evolution of cancer in a patient.

tattooed big bad

Tours in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in the summer of 2021, Lost SymbolIt consists of ten episodes where we meet CIA agents who speak fluent Arabic and know a little bit of Latin, and a tattooed villain with some weird motivations. About the portal, hell, heaven and many other things. “ “I read a few books about Freemasonry, secret societies, and immersed myself in works of art,” the actor explains. It’s obvious that I will never reach the level of knowledge my character should have, but it’s interesting to put yourself in the shoes of such a smart and knowledgable man. Unfortunately, despite all these good intentions, the series, which aired on the Peacock streaming platform in the United States, has not been renewed for its second season, so Zukerman is not expected to return to the role of champion of the esoteric puzzles imagined by Dan Brown. .

Lost Symbol: Every Saturday at 21:10 on the M6

Frederick Rapilly