Posted on 10/16/2025 7:40:21 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Jim is 57 years old now, so he’s a bit long in the tooth............
If Disney were making the movie, it would take the position that Jesus is ageless.
So therefore the role should obviously be played by Morgan Freeman, 88, who has for years been Hollywood’s automatic choice to play God.
I’m glad Disney isn’t making the movie. It probably couldn’t figure out how to turn it into a theme park ride.
RE: So therefore the role should obviously be played by Morgan Freeman, 88
Even if he were 38, would he be appropriate for the role? C’mon, let’s be honest.
Would you cast a Semitic guy to play Martin Luther King Jr.?
I honestly think all these headlines about “Gibson replaces Caviezel” are about stirring the pot. Anybody with two brain cells realizes that too much time has passed and AI/CGI de-aging not only costs a lot but it makes people look weird.
It’s not good enough.
The new actor better be as good as Caviezel was or the never ending comparisons will end his career. Shoe filling is a tough job.
Gibson will get the performance he needs out of him. Mel has a way.
Indeed.
He always does.
In this case, it’s the sad truth.
I was about to post that. People are too critical.
Anyone who portrays Jesus will be under scrutiny. Hope the sequel stays true to the Gospels.
Mel bypassed America and actors from all over the world to go with a distinctly Nordic actor for Jesus - I am of the belief only actors either from the Biblical region, adjacent, or who have physical features in keeping with it - should have been considered to audition for the part. Nordic/Scandinavians fit the bill for Roman figures and soldiers only. The new actor’s appearance is even less in keeping with the geography Caviezel’s was.
Opening up the casting only to Mediterranean / Middle Eastern *looking* people would be in keeping with the practices of series such as “The Chosen” and “House of David” who have made it a point to do so even with background casting calls. Gibson to his credit does keep the original Aramaic and Hebrew (and Latin?) in tact. That’s one saving grace.
Gibson has an anti-Semitic record and his father was an avowed the Holocaust denialist, among other things. It’s 2025 and given the current global and spiritual climate, as well as how wide the reach this film would be, and all the ranting and raving about “DEI” replacements of both historical and fictional characters, historical accuracy & integrity should have been honored.
Yet people on this board have no problem with a lily “white” Jesus even as they rage over ‘woke’ replacements for everything else. Because of double standards.
He uses real whips. =)
Was not Jesus the son of GOD? It is irrelevant where he was born and what the people looked like. He looked like his FATHER in heaven. I don’t know what God looks like, do you?
My sisters husband is a Caviezel look alike.
He would travel for business pretty often and all the drunk women at the airport would slobber and throw themselves at him.
My sister was not amused at all.
I agree. But... at least it's not Timothee Chalamet. LOL!
>> I’m glad Disney isn’t making the movie. It probably couldn’t figure out how to turn it into a theme park ride.
This way to ride “The Gates Of Hell Prevailing”!
>>You must be at least This Evil to ride<<
Would you say the same if an Asian (lots of devout and talented Koreans out there for example) or a black actor were cast as Jesus in an internationally distributed film?
Jesus was a Jew. Period. And it was deliberate from Abraham, Isaac onwards that God showcased His humanity as one in the land He did, in the empire that He did, in the timing that He did.
Even filming it in Italy as opposed to say, Massachusetts, they are going somewhat trying to be accurate here.
Chalamet actually has some Jewish heritage!!! And Russian to boot…I was posting to someone on a similar thread yesterday that at even though Russia is next to Finland, it has way more historical and ancient ties to the Holy Land — it being a bedrock of Orthodox Christianity and its alphabet is Greek and founded by a monk.
It’s honestly not just a physical feature thing though, there’s something in the way people reflect the journey of their ancestors you know, in their bearing, in their carriage. Voice!
One of my favorite songs in the Passion of the Christ soundtrack features an Armenian singer and chant!!! It’s haunting!
This is a big mistake! It never goes well when they replace the original actor, just ask the producers of the latest “Witcher”! Who cares if he may look a bit older, that is not important. The job JC did in the first movie for so little return alone is reason to keep him. As much as I WAS looking forward to this movie I am afraid it will be a flop!
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