absolutely on purpose. you took it out on purpose. i did. i absolutely wanted the devil on the cutting room floor. really, why? i felt that the conversation that ignited after that moment in the mini series served to be such a distraction. and this movie son of god, was about jesus, and i just didn t want to give satan anymore air time. did anybody because it does look a little like obama. you didn t see that well, listen, it was never the intention. do you regret that it was in the first one? well, i regret that it became the distraction that it became. you know, we were expecting jesus on the screen. i was sure that everybody would be speaking the name jesus. that that would be the point of conversation around the water cooler. and i thought isn t that just like the devil to be the
produce. lauren, you cover religion for the fox news channel. and you covered a lot of those stories. well, absolutely, and the stories coming out now as to how there are more and more hollywood movies taking the bible. free licensing, no copyright, taking the stories, one of the things you hear about jesus is he sort of popped on the scene. you did a scene, very important, john s gospel has the i am statements, i am the bread of life. i am the good shepherd. this is not a conjugation of the word, to be. this is going back to who shall i say israel is sending me? and god says i am sending you. jesus is actually making a direct connection to that moment. and when you bring out in the beginning that he was present in the garden, in the burning bush,
there is a message here, isn t there? there is a message here and clearly there is a big thirst for the bible. big thirst for jesus. and the message is let s make more about god and about the bible. who wouldn t want to be with god every day? who wouldn t want to know jesus? we believe that thoroughly. and i think the ratings show that. i mean, 100 million people you know the canada, the bible series beat hockey? in canada? it is almost a separate religion. good point. what made you want to do this project? obviously, you re well known for touched by an angel. you re well known for a lot of series on television. and you put everything behind this, why? it came in as a whisper in
time.. i had an opportunity to step in to playing the role of mary the mother of jesus. you did a great job. she was also the mother of a son. you know i have loved jesus my whole life. and i never considered what i must have been like to be his mother to stand at the foot of the cross to see her son so brutally murdered. only three people there. only three rest ran away. but jesus said seven things from the cross. yet one of the things in that he took time to love his mother, which i think said so much about him. you know? coming up, closing thoughts on this blockbuster new movie your eyes really are unique. in fact, they depend on a unique set of nutrients. [ male announcer ] that s why there s ocuvite to help protect yr eye health. as yoage, your eyes can lose vital nutrients. ocuvite helps replenish key eye nutrients. ocuvite is a vitamin made just for youeyes
and mark burnett, son of god is their brand-new movie. i watched this movie with a number of people. there was not a dry eye in the room. has that been the normal reaction? yeah, i just think that people are really touched by the story. it is deeply moving. and i think it is one of the beautiful things to be able to watch it collectively in the cinematic experience, and feeling the overwhelming love. because it plays out like a thriller, really. it is a political thriller on the one hand, three-pointed drama with the romans led by pilate, and the temple authorities, and the disciples led by jesus. and they re all on this collision path to jerusalem, a path on this collision course. it is highly dramatic and then woven through it.