US magazine Newsweek has said that French President Jacques Chirac offered to help the makers of ‘The Da Vinci Code’ to film in the Louvre museum in Paris.
Newsweek has reported that Mr Chirac had an hour-long meeting with producer Brian Grazer and director Ron Howard in December last year.
The magazine also claimed that the French President suggested the filmmakers cast his daughter’s best friend in the leading female role. The role went to leading French actress Audrey Tautou instead.
‘The Da Vinci Code’, based on the popular novel by Dan Brown, opens in May 2006.
