Noah Wyle is a geek and definitely proud of it. The original McDreamy is producing and starring in The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines, a sequel to his original hit, The Librarian: Quest for the Spear. A wild, campy ride across the fields of Kenya, the Indiana Jones-esque action flick features Wyle as an unlikely hero — Flynn, a geeky librarian with over two dozen postgraduate degrees. The stellar cast also includes Bob Newhart, Jane Curtin, Gabrielle Anwar, Olympia Dukakis, and Erick Avari (Mohinder’s father on Heroes).
We spoke with Noah live via conference call.
After so many film adaptations of King Solomon’s Mines, how did you draw inspiration for your specific interpretation?
The fun part about my job is the detective work before the cameras even start to roll. I went back and reread [the original] book. That actually gave us quite a few insights that paid off in the film. I did many a Google search on just about everything I referenced in the movie.
You sound as though you're a library kind of guy in real life. Did that influence your take on your character?
Somebody told me a long time ago [that] the best way to play a smart character is to 
play him like an idiot. That alleviated some pressure right off the bat.
Have you received any response from the librarian community?
I got some really great emails from the Library Association of America. They were very pleased that we were making these films. We’re trying to rewrite the paradigm of what an action hero is supposed to be - it’s not necessarily might that makes right; sometimes it’s the 
biggest brain that can win in the end.
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