“It was my 40th-something birthday.
We were shooting in the Louvre at night.
I changed my pants in front of the Mona Lisa!”
Tom Hanks in ‘Angels & Demons’.Everett Collection
Hanks recalled in an interview withThe New York Times.
“They brought me a birthday cake in the Grand Salon!
Who gets to have that experience?
Hanks has fond memories of the production despite his conflicted views on the franchise.
“God, that was a commercial enterprise,” Hanks shared.
“Yeah, those Robert Langdon sequels are hooey.The Da Vinci Codewas hooey.”
No, it’s way over there.
See how a cross is formed on a map?
Well, it’s sort of a cross,'” Hanks added.
“But they’re as cynical as a crossword puzzle.
All we were doing is promising a diversion.”
The lukewarm reviews didn’t deter audiences, the Ron Howard-directed trilogy earned over $1.5 billion worldwide.
