but none were so controversial as The Last Temptation of Christ, Martin Scorsese's 1988 religious epic. Believe it or not, Dafoe was a relatively small-time actor before being cast as Jesus Christ ...

Scorsese was public enemy number one among certain Christian communities, even though he tried to explain that his work was based on a work of fiction and not actual scripture. Even so, the movie took ...

The 69-year-old veteran actor went on to explain that The Last Temptation of Christ, as a movie adaptation of the book, reinterpreted the story of Jesus by focusing on his human side rather than ...

He’s talking to me about the ‘The Last Temptation of Christ’ and he wants me to play Jesus and I said, ‘Wow. I’m not doing that.'” Gibson credited Dafoe for his turn, though ...

From an exchange of letters last summer between Abraham H. Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith, and Pat Robertson, chairman of the Christian Broadcasting Network.

and I know that temptation can undermine the teachings of Jesus Christ. Somehow or other, for many evangelical Christians, paying proper wages to the working class, offering opportunities to the ...

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And those are just the movies Scorsese has directed. Behind the scenes, he has touched even more projects as a producer or ...

Willem Dafoe has opened up about being “uncast” from a film after starring in Martin Scorsese’s hugely controversial 1988 movie The Last Temptation of Christ. Dafoe, who is currently ...

He’s talking to me about ‘The Last Temptation of Christ’ and he wants me to play Jesus and I said, ‘Wow. I’m not doing that.’ ” Still, Gibson goes on to say that he’s happy that ...