For those who’ll be heading on out to see the movie version of The Da Vinci Code, here’s something to keep an eye out for (besides Rosslyn Chapel etc). Apparently Clive Prince and Lynn Picknett, authors of The Templar Revelation, make a cameo appearance during one of the London scenes – though Clive tells me it’s a “blink and you’ll miss it” appearance:
The place to look out for is when you see Tom Hanks and Audrey Tautou on the top deck of a London bus – we’re the passengers immediately behind them. If the plot’s the same as the book it’ll be towards the end of the movie, getting from Temple Church to the climax at Westminster Abbey. They filmed some close-ups and reaction shots but who knows whether they’ll use them – you might end up just seeing our elbows.
The question that begs to be asked, is why Ron Howard and Dan Brown thought Clive and Lynn being in a scene would be a good “in-joke” to have in the film? Perusing the recent London copyright case judgement (PDF) to see the big influences on Brown’s research for TDVC probably provides the answer. Clive and Lynn’s new book The Sion Revelation is out now (Amazon US and UK), and continues their research on the Priory of Sion and the Rennes-le-Chateau mystery – we’ll be featuring some of this in the next issue of Sub Rosa.
