Tom Hanks hilariously flashed the Mona Lisa while filming ‘The Da Vinci Code’

Tom Hanks can add “skilled streaker” to the listing of abilities on his ever-growing résumé.

The Oscar-winner, 65, recalled engaged on the 2006 thriller “The Da Vinci Code” and hilariously remembered the time he stripped in entrance of Leonardo da Vinci’s famed portray of the Mona Lisa. 

The movie was partly shot at Paris’ iconic Louvre museum, the place Hanks wound up flashing the masterpiece.

“It was my Fortieth-something birthday. We had been taking pictures within the Louvre at night time. I modified my pants in entrance of the Mona Lisa,” the “Elvis” star instructed the New York Occasions in an interview printed Friday.

“They introduced me a birthday cake within the Grand Salon! Who will get to have that have? Any cynicism there? Hell, no,” he continued.

In “The Da Vinci Code,” Hanks depicted the character of Robert Langdon — an artwork historical past professor — within the movie adaptation of Dan Brown’s broadly acclaimed 2003 thriller novel.

THE DA VINCI CODE, Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, 2006, (c)Columbia/courtesy Everett Collection
The 2006 thriller thriller flick starred Hanks as artwork historical past professor Robert Langdon, alongside actress Audrey Tautou.
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THE DA VINCI CODE, Audrey Tautou, Tom Hanks, 2006, (c) Columbia/courtesy Everett Collection
“The Da Vinci Code” starred an ensemble forged that additionally included the abilities of Alfred Molina, Ian McKellen, Jean Reno and Paul Bettany.
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The Ron Howard-directed film and its two sequels, “Angels & Demons” (launched in 2009) and “Inferno” (2016), weren't well-received by critics.

Hanks even disliked the trilogy, declaring that it “was a industrial enterprise” within the Occasions interview.

“Yeah, these Robert Langdon sequels are hooey,” he lamented. “‘The Da Vinci Code’ was hooey.”

Nonetheless, the “Saving Mr. Banks” actor described the dramas as “pleasant scavenger hunts which might be about as correct to historical past because the James Bond motion pictures are to espionage.”

THE DA VINCI CODE, Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, 2006, (c)Columbia/courtesy Everett Collection
Hanks and Tautou in “The Da Vinci Code” in 2006.
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“I imply, Dan Brown, God bless him, says, ‘Here's a sculpture in a spot in Paris! No, it’s approach over there. See how a cross is fashioned on a map? Effectively, it’s type of a cross,'” he mentioned. “However they’re as cynical as a crossword puzzle. All we had been doing is promising a diversion.”

Hanks famous that regardless that he’s not in opposition to big-budget tasks, he couldn’t assist the third “Da Vinci Code” movie by the point it got here round.

“There’s nothing flawed with good commerce, offered it's good commerce,” he identified. “By the point we made the third, we proved that it wasn’t such good commerce.”

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