Irrfan Khan is all set to play the role of provost in the upcoming, movie of the Robert Langdon series, Inferno. We see him sharing the screen space with none other than Tom Hanks, who is all set to reprise his role as Robert Langdon, the Harvard symbologist.
Heartthrob Tom Hanks was delighted in being the coolest guy on the sets, which lasted only until. . . actor Irrfan Khan walked in.
At a global media event by Sony Pictures Entertainment, Hanks said: “Here’s what I hate about Irrfan Khan… I always think I’m the coolest guy in the room, and everybody’s hanging on to every word I say and everybody’s a little intimidated to be in my presence. And then Irrfan Khan walks into the room. And he’s the coolest guy in the room. And everybody’s intimidated to be in his presence and everybody’s hanging on to his every word”
“And as soon as I walked up to him I said, ‘Irrfan Khan, I’m going to steal from you everything I possibly can. I’m going to start speaking very quietly in films. I’m going to wear very nice suits. And I will draw out the last sound of every sentence that I say.’ And by doing that, I will be doing a very pale imitation of the coolest guy in the room.”
However, Hanks also believes that Khan has a physicality which is very endearing. “I’m just beguiled by his magic eyes. He has a physicality to him that is so specific and endearing,” said Hanks in January.
“Inferno”, based on the Italian poet Dante Alighieri’s “Divine Comedy”, Langdon races against time to solve the mystery hidden in Dante’s poetry to save the world from a deadly artificial plague.
The movie also stars British actress Felicity Jones, Ben Foster, Irrfan Khan, Omar Sy and Sidsey Babett Knudsen.
By: Archa Dave
