Chirac denies Code claims

Jacques Chirac denies claims he tried to get his daughter's friend a lead movie role. French President Jacques Chirac's office today denied a report that he pushed for a family friend to be the leading lady of The Da Vinci Code when he met with the movie's makers last year. The film's American director Ron Howard and producer Brian Grazer were invited to meet the French president in December last year as they were holding auditions in Paris for the top female role. [More]