Maybe casting a muslim as Jesus was the problem.
Specifically, casting a muslim who denies Christ was the Son of God, died for our sins, and was resurrected, but who tries to pretend islam and Christianity are one and the same was the problem.
Off-putting.
Go easy on Bill, he says he at the Crucifixion, so I believe him.
There is something to be said for that. Sort of like casting a draft-dodger as the lead in a biography of Audie Murphy.
On the other hand, casting a Christian to play the part would be difficult because he'd consider himself to be completely inadequate. And playing the part to be either disrespectful, or blasphemous, or terrifying , or all of the above.
Just open the Bible and read what He did for us. Don't need mimics acting out some puny screen-writer's imagination.
This is the sole reason why I am not going to watch Killing Jesus. I refuse to actively or inactively promote anything related to Islam. In this case, promoting a Muslim actor. My watching Killing Jesus would increase the number of viewer of the program by one. While it is only one, if others did the same, it would have a negative impact and perhaps someone would wake up and say, 'casting a Muslim in a Christian program isn't a good idea.' This would also mean that there is one less Muslim with an acting job.
Additionally, I refuse to ever knowingly hire a Muslim for job. I will also find good reason to fire any Muslim converts. Some people would call this discrimination. While that may be the case, I call it free association.
America needs to be place that is peacefully hostile to Muslims, e.g., no jobs will force them to move back to the dessert where they belong. This is a right that we have under the 1st Amendment. In general, I will do my part of excluding Muslims in every facet of American life.