Jim Caviezel says hell always be disappointed he isnt in Passion follow-up, hasnt 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.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.

11.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 ENGLISHJim Caviezel is gearing up to star in his next role, "Ghost Soldier." (D Dipasupil/Getty Images)"A friend of mine said, ‘I think you're going to do well.You have to look at each film as, can you move on? Because you have this one moment,’" he said.

"My initials were JC, I was 33 years old, and I couldn't get that out of my head.And I felt like I had been prepared my life to go through this.

But if I said ‘No,’ there's no going back."'THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST' RETURNS TO THEATERS IN 4K WITH A 'RESURRECTION OF THE CHRIST' SNEAK PEEKCaviezel said he "couldn't live with it, so I took the film knowing that it was going to do a lot of detriment.Not much has changed in 2,000 years.

Jesus is as controversial now than he's ever been.Always will be this way.

And so, but I like to engage in that."The characters in "Ghost Soldier" taught him the "warrior spirit.And it was the same application when we did ‘The Passion.’"WATCH HERE: JIM CAVIEZEL SAYS HE'S DISAPPOINTED ABOUT NOT REPRISING ROLE AS JESUS IN ‘RESURRECTION’TOM HANKS PUT 'BAND OF BROTHERS' STARS IN THEIR PLACE DURING BOOT CAMP 'MUTINY', NEAL MCDONOUGH REVEALSHe added that he hasn’t talked to Gibson about "The Resurrection of the Christ."Caviezel told Raymond Arroyo on his podcast earlier this week that Gibson "really didn’t need me" for the follow-up."The Passion of the Christ" starred Jim Caviezel as Jesus of Nazareth.

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