Right-wing actor Jim Caviezel says Jesus appeared in his bedroom and talked him into playing Jesus in “The Passion of the Christ,” according to the Daily Beast.
Caviezel, a Catholic, told Sean Hannity’s podcast he was on the verge of turning down the role in Mel Gibson’s 2004 film. He said he was awake but had his eyes closed around 5 a.m. when “this presence came over me.” He recognized it as Jesus, who he said was seated on the foot of the bed and told him a Catholic wasn’t required to take the part.
According to the report, Caviezel said he agreed and told Jesus to find someone else, but Jesus grew sad and said, “I don’t have anybody else."
When he asked why it mattered, he said Jesus told him they wouldn’t ask Jesus what Caviezel would ask. The Beast notes Caviezel didn’t say whether Jesus answered when he asked what that was. He said he decided it was “part of the plan.”
He told Hannity that if it ever happens to him, he won’t be scared, and that he embraced the weeping figure.
The Beast describes Caviezel as a vocal MAGA supporter who has called President Donald Trump “the new Moses,” and pushed QAnon conspiracy talking points on The Charlie Kirk Show in 2023.
He is starring in a new thriller, “Ghost Soldier.”