"I did spend two or three weeks learning the Hebrew that I'd need for those episodes." "I enjoyed translating half a Bible page, with my mom back in Australia, into Hebrew," Zukerman said. He said he spent those 14 days consulting with his mother on the Hebrew portions of The Lost Symbol. Ashley Zukerman filmed The Lost Symbol in Toronto, doubling for the District of Columbia.ĬOVID-19 safety protocols required the actor to quarantine upon his arrival in Toronto. The Zukermans had their children in the United States and moved to Australia to raise them. Zukerman's father, Moshe, an Israeli, met his wife, Ingrid, in Israel, though Ingrid is Peruvian. Like all Dan Brown novels, The Lost Symbol features a plethora of symbolism, essentially driving the plot forward, with Langdon at the nexus of the narrative. Zukerman said he grew up hearing his parents speak Hebrew, though he never learned it until now. The Lost Symbol is expected to follow Brown’s novel closely and premiered on Peacock on September 16, 2021. One scene in which Langdon reads a Hebrew passage made Zukerman recall his own childhood. The clues lead Langdon to texts in ancient languages, too. "The meaning changed constantly and it was constantly adopted by different organizations."
"This is someone who understands how meaning moves through time," Zukerman said. Zukerman said Langdon's understanding of the evolution of symbols will apply to the Freemason symbols he discovers. Langdon shows his class how the swastika began as a Sanskrit symbol before it was the Nazi emblem. When The Lost Symbol begins, Langdon is presenting a lecture about the origin of symbols such as the swastika and Unite or Die. "But I do need that confidence to be able to know that much or that feeling to know more than the person you're talking to."
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"I obviously don't know as much as does," Zukerman said. Streaming on the Peacock subscription service, the Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol TV show is based on Brown’s bestselling novel and stars Ashley Zukerman, Valorie Curry, Sumalee Montano, Rick. Because the clues of The Lost Symbol revolve around the Freemasons, he drew upon books like A Brief History of Secret Societies by David Barrett and Tales from Ovid by Ted Hughes. Zukerman said each script motivates him to research the subjects Langdon is discussing. Those partners include Solomon's daughter, Katherine (Valorie Curry). Zukerman said the story of The Lost Symbol, first published in 2009, establishes "little details about his rigidity, about his hubris, his arrogance, his inability to feel, his attachment to knowledge and to facts."Įach episode of The Lost Symbol finds Langdon explaining history to partners in his quest. "We're just very lucky that it hadn't been made into a film because it's so perfect as an origin story," Zukerman said. Langdon visits Washington, D.C., to find clues in Freemason artifacts when his mentor, Peter Solomon (Eddie Izzard), is kidnapped.
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Zukerman said The Lost Symbol series gives him a chance to show how Langdon got involved in solving historical clues.