MAGA Movie Star Makes Wild Claim About Visit From Jesus

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Everett Collection Jim Caviezel has revealed that he played Jesus Christ in The Passion of the Christ because Jesus himself told him to. The Passion of the Christ , which Trump -loving filmmaker Mel Gibson wrote and directed, came out in 2004. The biblical drama follows Jesus’ final 12 hours before his crucifixion. Gibson has created a sequel, The Resurrection of the Christ: Part One and Part Two , an epic that depicts the immediate aftermath of the first film’s events; Finnish actor Jaakko Ohtonen will play Jesus in Caviezel’s place to maintain age continuity.

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MAGA Movie Star Makes Wild Claim About Visit From Jesus
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