Ian McKellen: The Da Vinci Code won't last

17-05-2006 11:30

'The Da Vinci Code' star Sir Ian McKellen doesn't think the book will stand the test of time - unlike The Lord Of The Rings.The actor - who appears in the big screen versions of both books - says Dan Brown's novel doesn't have the same sort of appeal.He revealed to Comingsoon.net: "I doubt if people have read 'The Da Vinci Code' more than once. It's not that sort of book. "You understand it as you go along and having understood it - it's like a crossword. Once you've done the crossword you don't rub it out and do it all over again and go onto another one, do you? I don't."Of course though there is an immense interest, but it's not the same sort of interest as you got with Tolkien where it was almost like filming the bible for some people."