Mel Gibson considering role of Jesus

ICN ^ | August 9, 2002

[skraeling]

Which one of these "non-Semite looking" Jews do you think Jesus looked like?

Most all of those Jews look just like, er, regular, um, American type people. If Jesus walked down the street in New York City today dressed in a business suit and brief case with an American haircut, maybe he would look like any other Wall Street banker?

[Crazymonarch]

Your right back in his mad Max Days he had the physique and the looks to perhaps pull it off, these days however Joseph might be the correct role.

[ALOHA RONNIE]

...ALOHA NYer...

...MEL GIBSON is Lt. Col. HAL G. MOORE in the RANDALL WALLACE Film .."WE WERE SOLDIERS".. who's DVD/Video comes out August 20th.

...I was Lt. Col. HAL G. MOORE's Radioman/Driver/Orderly Assistant in country right up to the Battle of IA DRANG-1965. I was in that Valley of Death's Landing Zone Falcon carrying our Hero Dead and Wounded Soldiers fresh out of Landing Zone X-Ray to copters going back to Pleiku Airstrip ..while witnessing all.

...After his Victory Lt. Col. HAL G. MOORE personally wrote letters to the Hero Families of our Deand and Wounded of both the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the 7th Cavalry ..with some going directly first to Mrs. JULIE MOORE for her loving personal delivery. He wrote them up ..as the IA DRANG-1965 S-1 Personel Clerk ..I typed them up.

...For more on my personal experiences in the 1st 7 months of the Vietnam War...

...check out my.. ALOHA RONNIE ..Thread titled:

'WE WERE SOLDIERS...& YOUNG'..4 FREEDOM.

GARRY OWEN, Sir

[floriduh voter]

If Mel Gibson believes he can take on this role, I'm with him. Better him than Tom Cruise, the scientologist whose nose is too big anyway and I never cared for him. Mel Gibson can pull it off with sensitivity and passion.

[LostTribe]

>Most all of those Jews look just like, er, regular, um, American type people.

The reason they look alike is they are genetic cousins. For the history of the "regular people" and the Jews please click on my FR Profile below and read the 3-MINUTE HISTORY.

[floriduh voter]

I think an actor can play younger but it has to be a very convincing performance to pull it off. But, it seems that Mel is directing or producing this. Maybe he'll be one of the apostles. I thought some of them were older than Jesus.

[goldilucky]

I 'm sure that was some experience typing up those letters to the families of the dead and wounded, Aloha Ronnie.

Mel Gibson did an outstanding performance in "We Were Soldiers".

[FrdmLvr]

Hey, some of us haven't seen it yet!

[MissAmericanPie]

I hope he does a better job than has been done so far by anyone. Jesus had humor, Jesus was very frank and was not a good house guest when his host confronted him about the type of woman washing his feet, Jesus reminded his host about how shabby he had been treated when there was no one to wash his feet as was the custom. The host had obviously invited him for his own agenda and did not really like Jesus.

The way Jesus came up out of the water at his baptism and his eyes met Satan's. Satan who had been looking for him, hunting him down and killing babies from the time of Moses, even before that, from the time that God said to him "Her seed will crush your skull". Not a word was exchanged between them, Jesus just followed him into the wilderness that would make one great scene and I think that Mel could convey it very well.

[Tribune7]

But it wouldn't be a bad bet that Caiaphas will be portrayed as an Englishman. Likley Herod and Pilate as well.:-)

[bok]

Well technically harrison ford is of an irish father and a jewish-russian mother.

[PaulKersey]

harrison ford is of an irish father and a jewish-russian mother

That's enough to get you into the "club", isn't it?

[F16Fighter]

"By the way I'm female, sometimes it's hard to tell with a name like Muggs."

Hopefully, the "name" is the only reason to believe you might not be a woman. ;-)

[F16Fighter]

"I thought the Bible said He was nothing special to look at."

But we couldn't very well be casting 'Carrot-Top' in the role of Christ, can we?

[NYer]

I was Lt. Col. HAL G. MOORE's Radioman/Driver/Orderly Assistant in country right up to the Battle of IA DRANG-1965. I was in that Valley of Death's Landing Zone Falcon carrying our Hero Dead and Wounded Soldiers fresh out of Landing Zone X-Ray to copters going back to Pleiku Airstrip ..while witnessing all.

Allow me to salute you, sir. You are one of my personal heroes. Though I attended an "all girl" school at that time, we were all keenly embroiled in the war with you. Our brothers, cousins and neighbors were called "by draft" to serve. We who remained behind raised our voices in outrage at the draft of those not legally able to vote. We stood by your side, in solidarity, prayer and support, proudly wearing your names on bracelets. We lobbied our congressmen to lable the police action for what it truly was ... a war. We marched down Broadway in NYC to rally for an end to the war.

Proud to know you, soldier. Happy you made it home. Thank you for serving us and your country well. You are a true hero.

[LostTribe]

>I thought the Bible said He was nothing special to look at.

>Yes, in fact doesn't it imply or state that he's kind of ugly?

Can you cite specific Bible verses to support those impressions?

[moteineye]

Well, Esau had red hair.

[alphadog]

Schwartzenegger or Clint Eastwood as Jesus then?

"Come with me if you want eternal salvation"....Do you feel saved?, well do you punk?

[ethical]

I thought there were blue-eyed Jews from Nazereth.