16 Years Late: Tom Hanks Admits That The Da Vinci Code Is Fake History, ‘Hooey’

It’s better to be late than never Sixteen year ago, the movie version Da Vinci Code inflicted Christianity with a false belief, basing their claims on nonsense conspiracies from Dan Brown’s 2003 novel. Tom Hanks on June 10, 2022 New York Times interview has now conceded that the film and book are nothing more than historical “hooey.” 

Asked by journalist David Marchese about the movie and its sequels, Hanks admitted, “It was commercial. Yes, Robert Langdon sequels are a hoot. The Da Vinci Code was hooey.” 

Brown’s claims were mocked openly by the film star: 

Dan Brown (God bless him) said, “Here is a sculpture at a Parisian place!” No, it’s way over there. You can see how the cross appears on a map. Well, it’s sort of a cross. These are charming scavenger hunts, which are as close to history as James Bond films are to espionage. 

Offering some belated self-reflection, he concluded, “There’s nothing wrong with good commerce, provided it is good commerce. By the time we made the third one, we proved that it wasn’t such good commerce.” 

Hanks is well-known for his roles in and production of historical films, such as The Private Ryan Savings, Band of Brothers Other. In the interview, he asserts of himself: “I consider myself a student, I read history for pleasure.” It appears that the actor has known all along just how nonsensical The Da Vinci Code was. 

But that didn’t stop him from taking the reported $18 million salary. Brent Bozell of Media Research Center wrote in May 2007 that he was aware of bizarre conspiracies at the center. The Da Vinci Code: 

Watch out for the film version. The DaVinci Code. It is the anti-!Passion. Jesus is Lord in one movie, but Jesus was also the subject of a sophisticated fraud in the second. Jesus is seen in one movie founding the Church of the Last Supper. The other shows the Catholic Church as an evil, secretive and murderous conspiracy.

NewsBusters Senior Editor Tim Graham concluded that NBC had promoted homosexuality in 2006. The Da Vinci CodeWith a staggering 99 segments. Graham wrote, “By far, the biggest Code promoter was NBC’s Today, which more provided more stories (38) than the other two network morning shows combined (29).” 

Graham explained the ways in which the networks covered up the offensive portion of Graham’s explanation. Da Vinci CodeThis is the film and the book.  

Many people were shocked by the sex relationship Jesus claimed with Mary Magdalene. However, six stories provide a more convincing explanation. Code’s denial of the divinity of Jesus.

It’s right there, on page 233, the claim that the divinity of Jesus was not established in the Messiah’s crucifixion and resurrection, but cynically manufactured at the early church’s Council of Nicaea in 325. 

But now, 16 years later, Tom Hanks has realized that the whole conspiratorial, ahistorical premise of the movie is “hooey.” Keep that in mind the next time Hollywood offers up some film or series with shocking new historical claims.