[SoCal Pubbie]

Sure. Why not a chimpanzee. Your examples stretch the comparison about as far. Oh, and a blue eyed Jesus has been done. Watch King of Kings some time.

Here's the actress:



Here's a photo of a young Israeli woman from Google:



Can anybody really look at these photos and actually complain about the physical appearance of Mary in this film?

[kawaii]

While I do think calling into question the ethnicity of actors is absurd, it's also not likely that a modern Israeli looks much like the Jews of Christ time either.

[kosta50]

Sure. Why not a chimpanzee. Your examples stretch the comparison about as far

Not really, not if the movie is trying to be "authentic."

Can anybody really look at these photos and actually complain about the physical appearance of Mary in this film?

She doesn't look like an Israeli woman. Not close up. Maybe to you she does. The Jews of that era had distinct racial features (skull size), and cannot be compared to modern-day Isralei women.

This fact motivated a gorup of British scientists to render the "most likely" image of what Jesus supposedly looked like

And, BTW, Josph's beard is too manicured. Pious Jews do not manicure their facial hair.