From the Daily Mail:
Actor Jim Caviezel has claimed his Hollywood career was wrecked by playing Jesus.
He said he was ‘rejected in my own industry’ after taking on the lead role in Mel Gibson’s controversial movie ‘The Passion of the Christ’.
Since playing the son of God in the 2004 film he said offers had dried up and he is shunned by many within the industry…
…Caviezel, a devout Roman Catholic, said he knew playing Jesus would be risky.
‘Jesus is as controversial now as he has ever been,’ Caviezel said. ‘Not much has changed in 2,000 years.’
He said he wasn’t worried about the stalling of his career…
And, so:
“If the world hates you, realize that it hated me first.” – John 15:18
So, no surpirse – and no worries for Caviezel. But it is illustrative that the mere making of a particular type of movie would put an actor on the outs with the entertainment industry. You can be a whore, a drug addict and an all-around horrible person and still stay on top in Hollywood…but play an important roll in a reverent film, and you’ve got no chance.
This is because those who do manage it – ie, manage to actually live as a Christian – are a standing indictment of those too lazy or cowardly to even try. If you are the typical person – ie, a compendium of sin – then it can be much more comforting to have around you really creepy people: you look good in comparison with them. But having a good person around you? All that does is make you look like a creep, yourself…better to ostracize such people.
But the time will come when even those who have most relentlessly excluded the truth from their lives will be confronted with it. I wonder what they will say, then?
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