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Jim Caviezel says he’ll ‘always’ be disappointed he isn’t in ‘Passion’ follow-up, hasn’t talked to Mel Gibson

Jim Caviezel said he’ll always be disappointed that he wasn’t able to return as Jesus Christ in Mel Gibson’s upcoming "Resurrection of the Christ." "Always will be disappointment with that one.

✦ Extractive summary — built from the sources' own reporting•From 1 source•1 min read•Updated November 13, 2026, 1:00 PM UTC
Key points
  • Smith Goes to Washington,’ this character does it, but he does it in a small town, and he's not going to allow them to do that to people he loves." During filming, Caviezel spent time in 36-degree water.
  • MEL GIBSON'S 'RESURRECTION OF THE CHRIST' REVEALS FIRST PHOTOS AFTER LONG-AWAITED PASSION SEQUEL "It’s a smaller role.
  • Caviezel said "there was a moment" before 2004’s " Passion of the Christ " that he might not have done the film.

MEL GIBSON SAYS 'MONSTER' EPIC 'PASSION' FOLLOW-UP SPANS SPIRITUAL REALMS — AND THIS TIME, IT'S IN ENGLISH "A friend of mine said, ‘I think you're going to do well.

Additional details
  • So, it didn't have that Hollywood fake stuff." Caviezel said he resonates with his character who fights against a powerful corporation threatening his rural Wyoming community.
  • Always will be, but I wouldn't have been able to do this film," he told Fox News Digital of his new movie " Ghost Soldier, " which was released on Nov.
  • MICHAEL MONSOOR HAD AN ESCAPE ROUTE — THE MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT CHOSE TO SAVE HIS TEAMMATES INSTEAD "So I kind of knew who they are and they've helped me over the years in many of the films I've done," he explained.
  • Jane" when his character was going through "surf torture," in which cadets training to be SEALs are forced to lie on the beach as the freezing Pacific Ocean washes over them.
  • PETER BERG SAYS 'CALL OF DUTY' MOVIE WILL EXPLORE 'THE COST OF WAR' WITH SERIOUS TONE "I love my country, and it is a country, and a country has to have borders," he said.

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