From bad to worse for Bettany

In Firewall, Paul Bettany plays a ruthless creep who kidnaps a man's wife and children to make some fast cash. Turns out the guy is just a warm-up for Bettany's murderous henchman in one of the year's most eagerly anticipated movies, Ron Howard's adaptation of The Da Vinci Code, set to open in May. "I would call the man I play in Firewall a businessman, a mercenary," Bettany explains. "Whereas, Silas, in Da Vinci Code is psychotic, an incredibly damaged individual whose anger and fury at the world are harnessed to do some rather dastardly murders." [More]