[NYer]

'I Can Tell You This Much, The Guy's Not in The Least Anti-Semitic. I Never Saw It,' Says Caviezel of Director Mel Gibson.

Caviezel Says Gibson Rediscovered The Gospels After a 'Rough Stretch' in His Life; 'He Said The Wounds of Christ Healed His Wounds. And I Think The Film Expresses That.'

[NYer]

Catholic Ping - let me know if you want on/off this list

[Alouette]

There were times when I was up there [on the cross], and I could barely speak. Continual hypothermia is so excruciating.

It's being up there [on the cross] that's excruciating.

[Restore]

Jim Caviezel will be playing golfing great Bobby Jones in his next film, "A Stroke of Genius".

[adam_az]

"Caviezel also recounts being struck by lightning while shooting the Sermon on the Mount. "About four seconds before it happened it was quiet, and then it was like someone slapped my ears," he says. "I had seven or eight seconds of, like, a pink, fuzzy color, and people started screaming. They said I had fire on the left side of my head and light around my body."

Quite ironic!

[Ciexyz]

Good read.

[mattdono]

Caviezel Bump.

He is one of our best actors that we have right now.

He won't get an Oscar anytime soon because he is a devote Christian and a geniunely good person. The leftists and voters of the Academy just won't have any of that "riff-raff" around them.

</unfortunate sarcasm>

[bluebunny]

What the perfect person to portray Jesus. He was born to play this role. What a cutie too!

[mdmathis6]

The description of the lightning strike sounds less like lightning and more like the "tongues of flame" that appeared on the disciples when the Holy Spirit fell on then at Pentecost. The actor wasn't hurt apparently. Given the conversions ocurring on the set of that movie, the POWER was obviously flowing...indeed!

[lawgirl]

I have loved Jim Caviezel since Frequency, and I am glad to see him getting recognition for what he did- I just hope that this doesnt' destroy his career. Although I am sure God is going to bless him in every more important ways.

[Argus]

Who Really Killed Jesus?

We all do, every day.

Next question.

[rogue yam]

"Maia Morgenstern [who plays the Virgin Mary] is this beautiful Jewish Romanian actress..."

Easy to say. Where's the photo?

[BossLady]

Jim Caviezel Zing!

[flying Elvis]

From IMDB:
Birth name
James Patrick Caviezel

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Height
6' 2" (1.88 m)

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Spouse
Kerri Caviezel (1997 - present)

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Trivia
Grew up in a tight-knit Catholic family.

Dad is Jim, Mom is Maggie

3 sisters-Ann, Amy, Erin 1 brother-Tim

Guest appearance on "The Rosie O'Donnell Show" 24 April, 2000

His surname is Romansch (Rhaeto-Romanic), from Switzerland.

Met his wife, Kerri, on a blind date in 1993. She is a high school English teacher.

Played basketball in college, but took up acting after injuring his foot.

Drove the pace car in the Indy 500 Race in May of 2002

Refused to film a love scene with on-screen wife Ashley Judd for their film, High Crimes (2002). The idea of possible nudity conflicted with Jim's personal beliefs, based on his strong Catholic faith.

Dislocated his shoulder during the filming of Passion, The (2004).

Received an honorary degree from King's College in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA at their commencement on 18 May 2003. Gave a fire-and-brimstone speech based on his interpretation of Catholicism.

In an oddly poetic coincidence, he was struck by lightning while filming his role of Jesus in "The Passion of Christ".

Was struck by lighting during the filming of Mel Gibson's "Passion". Assistant director Jan Michelini was also hit (for the second time during the shoot). A crew member said "I'm about a hundred feet away from them when I glance over and see smoke coming out of Caviezel's ears."