Howard says an unexpected time crunch led to the incident, which in some circles may be considered blasphemy.
“I said, ‘Wait a minute.
Hanksgleefully recalled the incidentin 2022, saying, “It was my 40th-something birthday.
Tom Hanks and Audrey Tautou in ‘The Da Vinci Code’.Credit:Columbia/Courtesy Everett
We were shooting in the Louvre at night.
I changed my pants in front of the Mona Lisa!…
They brought me a birthday cake in the Grand Salon!
Tom Hanks and Ron Howard in 2006.Simon Mein
Who gets to have that experience?
Near-identical replicas were produced so that powerful film lights wouldn’t damage the paintings.
A replica of theMona Lisacreated for the film was actuallysold in a private auctionin 2017.
The film finished its run with a $760 millionglobal grossover a $125 million budget.
