‘Succession’ star Ashley Zukerman is the Tom Hanks in Dan Brown thriller
Dan Brown’s bestselling novels, “The Da Vinci Code,” “Angels and Demons” and the titular “The Lost Symbol.” Zukerman’s rendition of the character is 20 years younger than the Hanks version of Langdon, even though the series is set in modern-day. “Although this is the third book [about Langdon], we’re using it as a prequel,” he said. “So we’re able to dive deeper into his idiosyncrasies and ask why and pull at the threads a little more.” Zukerman hadn’t read the books before starring in “The Lost Symbol” but said he dove in immediately after landing the role.“It’s not that I started it and put it down, it’s just that I had missed them.