Nobody mentions Pay It Back and the religiousity of that movie and part. It had the martyred child wunderkind forwarding the idea of forgiveness and charity,along with Canviezel, the drug addled but absolutely redeemable bum the kid first pays back. Psst...(polite correcting) It's Pay it Forward, not Back. Remember, paying back is retribution, and that's wrong...we're supposed to be turning the other cheek and all. ;-)
got me. Pay-It-Forward. Regardless, it was in keeping with the movie roles this fellow accepts. Interesting fellow.