Actor Tom Hanks had a fit of sincerity when he commented on “The Da Vinci Code,” after 16 years of leaving production. Based on a hugely popular best-seller at the time, the actor assumed the film was great nonsense, as were the sequels in which he starred as Robert Langdon, a character created by writer Dan Brown.
The statement was released during an interview with the American newspaper New York Times about his film career.
“By God, it was a purely commercial investment. Yes, Robert Langdon’s films are bullshit. ‘The Da Vinci Code’ is bullshit,” said the actor. “They are fun treasure hunts, but as historically credible as James Bond in the real world of espionage.”
Hanks spares director Ron Howard by directing his displeasure directly to the original work, written by Dan Brown. “He writes: ‘Look at this sculpture in Paris!’. Well, no, it’s somewhere else. ‘See how these places form a cross on the map!’. Well, it looks like a cross. ‘
Considering the franchise within his filmography, the actor said he has no problem starring in more commercial productions. But he still regrets that the feature film proposal is also problematic in its commercial intent.
“There is nothing wrong with a good commercial film, as long as it is a good commercial film. I think when we made the third one, we had already shown that this was not the case with this franchise,” he concluded.
Watch the trailer for “The Da Vinci Code” below.
Source: Terra
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