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Posted on 10/21/2026 9:48:11 PM PDT by Cronos
Actress Evangeline Lilly has had a sweeping Hollywood career, playing beloved characters in TV shows like “Lost” and films like “The Hobbit.”
But despite a wildly popular career, Lilly decided back in 2020 to step back from Hollywood — a decision that sparked quite a bit of media interest.
Now, she feels liberated and said she has stepped into a “total trust and surrender that God has a plan for my life.”
Lilly is now lending her voice to a different type of project: “Legend of Destruction,” a film that tells the “story of the Jewish revolt against Rome, which ended with the destruction of the Temple in the year 70.”
“This story was so intense and beautifully told, and then also incredibly timely because it’s talking about a society divided unto itself,” Lilly said. “So a society that’s really broken and in civil strife and how that leads ultimately to mutual destruction amongst all of its people.”
Given that the film deals with the destruction of the Second Temple, many people will be interested in this unique film.
“At that time, Jerusalem was under threat from the Roman Empire. The Romans were coming to destroy the temple and to take over the city,” Lilly said. “The outcome of that could have potentially been different had the Israeli people been unified, but they were so disenchanted, they were so disenfranchised from one another, they were so divided that they were actually killing each other before the Romans ever even got a chance to arrive. It’s an incredible story. That’s what drew me in.”
The “Lost” star said the events in “Legend of Destruction” take place about 33 years after Christ’s death, meaning they are very much part of the world Jesus was born into
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The movie came out in 2021.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legend_of_Destruction
She has more common sense than most other braindead celebrities.
Lilly’s 2021 film won four Israeli Film Academy (Ophir) Awards out of seven total nominations.
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