Posted on 07/05/2023 5:52:35 AM PDT by Red Badger
Christian actor Jim Caviezel has revealed that Disney executives told him to remove all references to God from the script of one of his hit movies.
Caviezel, one of the rare vocal Christians in Hollywood, gave a behind-the-scenes insight into working with Disney during a new interview.
The humble star played Edmond Dantes in an adaptation of the Alexandre Dumas novel “The Count of Monte Cristo.”
During the making of the hit movie, Caviezel recalled finding himself battling Disney executives over references to God and Christianity, according to Newsbusters.
“They wanted me to remove ‘God’ from all the script,” he explained.
“True story … what happened to God? ‘God will give me justice,’” Caviezel added, quoting the book.
“I had to say, ‘No, I can’t do this,’” he said.
The response from the Disney execs was classic liberal Hollywood.
“Disney said, ‘Oh, so you’re one of those?’” he recalled.
“I said, ‘One of those what? One of those who rewrite Alexandre Dumas? One of those who rewrite Shakespeare? because that’s essentially what you did,’” he said.
“So I held my ground, and by God, they backed off,” he said.
Caviezel said believers have to be “strong Christians like that, to hold the ground when you have to, to say, ‘We’re not buying that product anymore.’”
Being strong includes standing up against media lies, he said.
He then continued by blasting the corporate media for covering up for Democrats while endlessly smearing President Donald Trump.
“Hunter Biden laptop, two years, you told us, not true … then it’s true,” he said.
“For seven years, we learn that Donald Trump is a Russian spy … Durham report drops … He’s not a Russian spy.”
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Caviezel has a new movie out called “Sound of Freedom.”
In the film, he plays a federal agent who quits his job to fight child traffickers.
As he played his part, he said, “I was thinking about my own children,” according to Fox News.
“My wife and I adopted three children from China,” he said.
“And I was well aware … of the problems and dangers that children face globally.”
Caviezel said that “300,000 children under the age of 18 were lured into the sex trafficking business in the United States.
“We are the biggest consumers of child trafficking and pornography in the world,” he explained.
“The United States — the home of the free, land of the brave.
“This is ridiculous. And so the film is a threat.”
According to the Catholic News Agency, Caviezel said he wants moviegoers to leave the film with “a new heart.”
“A heart that’s not afraid,” he said.
“I was praying the other day, and I said, ‘Can we love God’s children more than we fear evil? Can we love Jesus more than we fear the cross?’
“And this is the problem right now with modern-day Christians is that we want the easy route.
“And right now you see the world changing.
You’re going to have to make a decision at some point.
“There’s good, there’s evil.
“But a big part of that evil is those that are sitting on the fence.
“And we have to make a choice.
“And some are more leaning towards Jesus, more towards good, some are more leaning towards the evil, but they’re on that fence, and that fence belongs to the evil one.
“And so we have to make that decision.”
Leaving aside the religious aspect of this, how stupid would one have to be to ask for “all references to God” to be removed from a script where one of the main characters is a Catholic priest?
“I said, ‘One of those what? One of those who rewrite Alexandre Dumas? One of those who rewrite Shakespeare? because that’s essentially what you did,’” he said.
That was a great line of reasoning by Caviezel. Obviously he is Christian and Disney was looking for a fight.
Exactly
Sin angers Him on general principle but this sin is especially hateful to Him and is expressly singled out for an exceptionally severe judgment.
Prov. 6; Matt. 18:6 and Luke 17:2
What was wrong with what he said?????…sheesh!
I’ve been reasonably fluent in French since 1960. Concurring; it’s Du-MAH.
See replies 36 and 38.
I sincerely doubt that French Canadians pronounce it “dum-iss”
Care to guess how French Canadians pronounce “Dugas”? It ain’t “Doo-gah”
Who is Dugas? Are you referring to the artist Degas?
Is Degas French Canadian? No.
I don't know and I don't care. What did you think of the movie?
Nice, that's the best part of adult interaction here, the education provided! I was indeed "missing something," the cultural joke reference. Thank you very much!
You’re welcome.
I still can’t believe Bob Saget chose the pronunciation he did, being so close to an old-fashioned cuss word for a gay man. Worse than that, a New England grocery store chain, Roche Brothers, is pronounced “Roach Brothers,” instead of “Rawsh Brothers.” (I don’t expect them to expect a completely French pronunciation, ‘Rawshuh’; I do expect foreign last names to be assimilated towards English phonemes.)
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