we prayed from the beginning of this project. we prayed that we would be able to tell the story effectively, make those emotional connections and tell the story truthfully. when we were on set and we were about to shoot the crucifixion sequence which was the most challenging of sequences, logistically, emotionally, spiritually, we asked everybody to send prayers to make sure we would get through that one. and we had a man whose job on the set was to clear snakes and spid spiders. on any given day he cleared one or two snakes. on the morning of the crucifixion, he got up and had a cloth bag that he used, and he had cleared 40 snakes from the area of the cross. and i think the symbolism of the snake and the cross was not lost. and it was like a spiritual