sci fi wireIan McKellen, who co-stars in the upcoming religious thriller The Da Vinci Code, told SCI FI Wire that he’s well aware of the controversy surrounding the film and the Dan Brown book on which it’s based, but thinks the controversy has been blown out of proportion. McKellen co-stars as Sir Leigh Teabing, the Holy Grail expert who figures prominently in the action as Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) and Sophie Neveu (Audrey Tatou) try to solve the murder of Neveu’s grandfather.