Where to watch The Da Vinci Code (2006)

Trivia & production notes

• Ron Howard's first choice to play Robert Langdon was Bill Paxton, who had to turn down the role because he was starting work on the HBO series Big Love.
• Ricky Gervais declined an offer to play Remy Jean because he feared it would damage the film.
• Screenwriter Akiva Goldsman had previously collaborated with director Ron Howard on A Beautiful Mind and Cinderella Man.
• The Louvre's interior was reconstructed inside Pinewood Studios' 007 Stage for the opening sequence.
• A photorealistic silicone body was created for the Louvre murder scene, with lighting used to obscure sensitive areas—the same technique employed on NCIS.
• Pinewood's newly opened Underwater Stage, which had been in development for four years, maintained water at exactly 30 degrees Celsius for crew comfort during underwater filming.
• Westminster Abbey and the Church of Saint-Sulpice both denied permission to film on their premises, forcing the production to use Lincoln and Winchester cathedrals instead and digitally recreate the Saint-Sulpice interior.
• Lincoln Cathedral's bell remained silent for the first time since World War II during filming in August 2005, and a 61-year-old nun named Sister Mary Michael spent 12 hours on her knees praying outside the cathedral in protest.
• Winchester Cathedral used its location fee to fund an exhibition and lecture series designed to debunk the book's claims.
• The film's teaser trailer premiered a year before the film's release and before principal photography had even begun.

Adapted from the Wikipedia article The Da Vinci Code (film), available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Rewritten for StreamShack; errors are ours — tell us about them.