The veteran filmmaker offered a behind-the-scenes anecdote of the filming of the 2006 movie While the 2006 film The Da Vinci Code was a suspenseful mystery, the making of the movie was, at times, more like a comedy.

Tom Hanks is in a league of his own. The actor had an unusual experience at one of the most famous museums in the world when he ended up without pants in front of the Mona Lisa.

Filmmaker Ron Howard recalls how Tom Hanks had to change trousers in front of the Mona Lisa while filming The Da Vinci Code at the Louvre museum in Paris.

Howard says an unexpected time crunch led to the incident, which in some circles may be considered blasphemy. Ron Howard is offering a behind-the-scenes account of a scandalous chapter in the making of his 2006 film The Da Vinci Code.

The movie "The Da Vinci Code" is a real thriller. But now director Ron Howard revealed at MegaCon in Orlando that the filming was more like a comedy.

Ron Howard has recalled how Tom Hanks was briefly forced to go "pants-less" in front of the Mona Lisa while filming The Da Vinci Code. During a Happy Days reunion event held at MegaCon in Orlando, Florida over the weekend,

Dave J Hogan/Dave J Hogan/Getty Images When Tom Hanks found himself with his pants down in front of the iconic Mona Lisa painting while filming The Da Vinci Code, director Ron Howard couldn't help but laugh.