Finnish actor Jaakko Ohtonen has been cast as Jesus in Mel Gibson’s sequel...

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Absolutely nope.

Orthocat

Well, it didn't take long to find unflattering things about this actor... See: New Gibson ‘Jesus’ Used Lewd Gesture?Hopefully he'll take a page from Mel and realize if you're portraying Jesus you should act like Him IRL.

Orthocat

Seems better casting than the dopey actor playing Jesus in The Chosen. Friends tried to get me hooked on it and I could only stand about 10 minutes before I checked out. It's terrible, IMO. The best portrayals on film of Our Lord I think are The Passion of the Christ & Jesus of Nazareth miniseries.

philosopher

The Jesus in The Chosen was cringe worthy and lacked gravitas! He came off as an Armenian hippy.

My guess is Caviezel was advised by his Doctor to take a bow this time around. Remember, he had a heart attack and suffered greatly during the filming? God bless Jim Caviezel.

Caviezel looks too old for the part. The youth-rendering technology would have made him look ridiculous.

Caviezel most likely agreed with Mel that he was too old for the part. They would have had to use AI to make him look younger.