I wonder if perhaps he went somewhere dark when he was making Passion of the Christ? I liked the lighter, funnier, Mel than this dark person we're seeing lately, who is making yet another movie in a strange language.
hooooooooooooooooo boy.
Gibson Inspired by 'Fear-Mongering' Bush
By WENN| Friday, May 12, 2006
Mel Gibson
HOLLYWOOD - Film star and director Mel Gibson has launched a scathing attack on President George W. Bush, comparing his leadership to the barbaric rulers of the Mayan civilization in his new film Apocalypto. The epic, due for release later this year, captures the decline of the Maya kingdom and the slaughter of thousands of inhabitants as human sacrifices in a bid to save the nation from collapsing.
Gibson reveals he used present-day American politics as an inspiration, claiming the government callously plays on the nation's insecurities to maintain power.
He tells British film magazine Hotdog, "The fear-mongering we depict in the film reminds me of President Bush and his guys."
Mel has a number of demons, but I think one of them is of the very "pretty boy actor" trying to, for years, to get out of that limited mold. He has been trying to prove that he is more than that. He has succeeded.
I'll never forget him in that movie, "The Man Without a Face" where he was disfigured and living in relative solitude. He was great.
I'm rooting for the guy, but it's possible he has a trecherous character flaw that he just cannot subdue.
I can relate.
During, perhaps, but more likely before. Mid-life crisis, which often affects men more strongly than women, plus a history of alchol abuse and, let's face it, a father who doesn't appear to be playing with a full deck, may add up to a decent into a dark place.