Tom Hanks Calls 'The Da Vinci Code' Movies 'Hooey': 'That Was a Commercial Enterprise'

Tom Hanks is not a fan of The Da Vinci Code.

The 65-year-old actor starred in the film adaptation of Dan Brown‘s best selling series back in 2006, playing religious symbology expert Robert Langdon. While the trio of movies were successful at the box office, they received mixed to negative reviews from critics, with the first currently holding a 25% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

Tom reflected on the franchise in a new interview with The New York Times.

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“Oh, God, that was a commercial enterprise,” he told the outlet. “Yeah, those Robert Langdon sequels are hooey. The Da Vinci Code was hooey. I mean, Dan Brown, God bless him, says, Here is a sculpture in a place in Paris! No, it’s way over there. See how a cross is formed on a map? Well, it’s sort of a cross.”

Tom added, “Those are delightful scavenger hunts that are about as accurate to history as the James Bond movies are to espionage. But they’re as cynical as a crossword puzzle. All we were doing is promising a diversion. 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.”

He also shared an anecdote from the set of The Da Vinci Code, recalling his time filming the movie at the Louvre on his 40th birthday. “I changed my pants in front of the Mona Lisa! They brought me a birthday cake in the Grand Salon! Who gets to have that experience? Any cynicism there? Hell no,” he said.

A teaser trailer for Tom‘s upcoming movie was released late last month and you can watch it here.