Entertainment | Jay-ZTV Demons Actor: Brown's a Lousy Writer By John Johnson Posted May 14, 2009 7:25 PM CDT Copied Ron Howard, left, Tom Hanks, center, and Dan Brown, right, arrive for the world premiere of "Angels & Demons", in Rome, Monday, May 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) It's not the usual fluff you hear from an actor pushing a movie: Stellan Skarsgard of Angels & Demons told Swedish TV that author Dan Brown is a "terribly bad writer," reports AP. The only thing that keeps people hanging on are his end-of-chapter cliffhangers. "It's like eating peanuts at a bar," said Skarsgard, who took his role only after reading Ron Howard's script. "You don't like them, but you keep on eating them anyway." Read These Next Six federal prosecutors quit in Minnesota. Dems and Republicans team up to block Trump on Greenland. Joe Rogan is once again breaking with Trump. GoFundMe for ICE agent in Minneapolis shooting gets a big donor. Report an error