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An example of an actor that became engulfed in character so much that it became a detriment to themselves in real life.
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Jim Caviezel portrayed Jesus in Mel Gibson’s movie, The Passion of the Christ.
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Jim Caviezel portrayed Jesus in Mel Gibson’s movie, The Passion of the Christ.
His acting of Jesus’ suffering and death were the most realistic the world have ever seen in a film. But we didn’t know just how realistic they were until the actor gave an interview in which he described the injuries he experienced during the filming.
Caviezel carried a heavy wooden cross through the streets of Jerusalem’s Old City on his way to Calvary. When he fell as Jesus did, the cross landed on top of him.(it weighed 210 pounds, by the way) He told reporters, “As I went down, the cross . . .
it actually struck my head and buried my head in the sand. And I bit through my tongue. Now, in the tape, you’ll see streams of blood coming down from my lip. .”
The AC joint in his shoulder was also torn, so carrying the cross was especially painful for him.
The AC joint in his shoulder was also torn, so carrying the cross was especially painful for him.
And in another scene, the portrayal of the scourging of Jesus by Roman soldiers, he was accidentally struck.
“I had a fourteen-inch gash right on my back,” he said. “I walked out of the take and I fell down. But it’s an extraordinary experience because I got hit and it froze my
“I had a fourteen-inch gash right on my back,” he said. “I walked out of the take and I fell down. But it’s an extraordinary experience because I got hit and it froze my
diaphragm, which was like getting the wind knocked out of you. Caviezel was struck by lightning once and Jon Mikalini, an assistant was hit twice during filming. ’All I felt was this giant tremendous slap on my ears and a few seconds of a pink, red static in front of my eyes.’,
he said. He also fought through bouts of hypothermia and pneumonia during the shoot. After all of that suffering, Caviezel also had trouble getting other roles later on due to being widely recognized as the face of Jesus Christ on film.
In the end, it seems the weight of the cross was very heavy to bear, both metaphorically and not..
