I read Wayland script and I was very attracted to her because it didn’t seem
attracted to her because it didn’t seem
attracted to her because it didn’t seem to me to be the usual kind of very much
to me to be the usual kind of very much
to me to be the usual kind of very much the Christian Orthodox line on Jesus
the Christian Orthodox line on Jesus
the Christian Orthodox line on Jesus this was a script that was about a man a
this was a script that was about a man a
this was a script that was about a man a real man and I was very interested in
real man and I was very interested in
real man and I was very interested in making film by Jesus that would appeal
making film by Jesus that would appeal
making film by Jesus that would appeal to believers and non-believers it’s got
to believers and non-believers it’s got
to believers and non-believers it’s got huge scope and scale I mean for a
huge scope and scale I mean for a
huge scope and scale I mean for a television film I mean it you know
television film I mean it you know
television film I mean it you know there’s an open 90 speaking parts I’m
there’s an open 90 speaking parts I’m
there’s an open 90 speaking parts I’m not having any of the features I’ve done
not having any of the features I’ve done
not having any of the features I’ve done about anything like that many people so
about anything like that many people so
about anything like that many people so it is a very much of feature scale
it is a very much of feature scale
it is a very much of feature scale project the other thing that I was very
project the other thing that I was very
project the other thing that I was very keen to do was to create a believable
keen to do was to create a believable
keen to do was to create a believable east Mediterranean world two thousand
east Mediterranean world two thousand
east Mediterranean world two thousand years ago which I don’t think many other
years ago which I don’t think many other
years ago which I don’t think many other movies have done they tended to be
movies have done they tended to be
movies have done they tended to be people live very obviously Northern
people live very obviously Northern
people live very obviously Northern European on all North American types it
European on all North American types it
European on all North American types it just sort of didn’t ring true to me so
just sort of didn’t ring true to me so
just sort of didn’t ring true to me so we tried very hard I mean obviously
we tried very hard I mean obviously
we tried very hard I mean obviously they’re as American British actors and
they’re as American British actors and
they’re as American British actors and listen someone who even got blue eyes
listen someone who even got blue eyes
listen someone who even got blue eyes but we did go over all to get a very you
but we did go over all to get a very you
but we did go over all to get a very you know dark Levantine other look that I
know dark Levantine other look that I
know dark Levantine other look that I don’t think any of the other films of
don’t think any of the other films of
don’t think any of the other films of her
her
her and I think it’s to national Geographics
and I think it’s to national Geographics
and I think it’s to national Geographics credit that they let us do that and then
credit that they let us do that and then
credit that they let us do that and then i discard the Christ you know who did
i discard the Christ you know who did
i discard the Christ you know who did look like her and eastern Mediterranean
look like her and eastern Mediterranean
look like her and eastern Mediterranean Levant I’m person I think it’s a
Levant I’m person I think it’s a
Levant I’m person I think it’s a different view of Jesus because I think
different view of Jesus because I think
different view of Jesus because I think he comes over as a real man in a real
he comes over as a real man in a real
he comes over as a real man in a real time and the other thing I guess we
time and the other thing I guess we
time and the other thing I guess we should say is that what this film does
should say is that what this film does
should say is that what this film does more than other films i think is it gets
more than other films i think is it gets
more than other films i think is it gets over the political forces that were at
over the political forces that were at
over the political forces that were at work in the middle east northeast
work in the middle east northeast
work in the middle east northeast mediterranea that at that time which was
mediterranea that at that time which was
mediterranea that at that time which was a time of imperial conquest and kind of
a time of imperial conquest and kind of
a time of imperial conquest and kind of extreme religious agitation it has
extreme religious agitation it has
extreme religious agitation it has enormous resonance with now so i think
enormous resonance with now so i think
enormous resonance with now so i think it does have real kind of contemporary
it does have real kind of contemporary
it does have real kind of contemporary relevance in a way a lot of dumped about
relevance in a way a lot of dumped about
relevance in a way a lot of dumped about clothes don’t
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