Jim Caviezel: Hollywood and the Truth

" 08 MC is doing a remake of the classic mini series the prisoner and they have tapped actor Jim -- seeing here to play number six -- a man who is trapped. On an island that is controlled by some strange totalitarian order. It's actually great miniseries could committees will -- scoreboard earlier today. We began by talking about incidents that happen to have when he was playing Jesus on the set of the passion of the Christ. -- urban myths -- couple urban myths about your role. As Jesus Christ isn't in the passion of the Christ one is that you were struck by lightning."

" And found and that that's -- fact. Flash on the -- you know within the last shot of the movie. Five takes in the last take it was the end I heard that the director. Per dude the clap of lightning and then looked over and saw smoke coming out of your ears yet decide they're there panning over me. And I'm right and right here in the pan it was a flash and then my parents. See it. Unbelievably tone now and then and that was the only that you you dislocating your shoulder carrying across yet dislocated my shoulder and heart palpitations tribulations."

" I prefer -- man and -- it is very -- five ways to a five posts 170 pounds while. What did that film due to you work for you I think it. Not much change in 2000 years. I think is as controversial as it wasn't as it is now and are now as it was then. It's of its. Better than Shakespeare this story were it came from it is what our forefathers. It's what. Great man. Stood by and great actors that influenced him and Jimmy Stewart believed and there's an element institutional. Is the truth to me but it's it there's an element and that I bring to. My roles that I look forward that truth is whether he's passionate crisis in this one we're talking about that prisoner. What's going on the world today. What are the consequences. And for Hillary for reaction has an equal and opposite reaction. And look for that you mentioned there Jimmy Stewart is one of my favorites -- if you say. He understood the truth."

" the folks in Hollywood. Understand the truth in general well. I think you many of them do I also think that many of them don't want to take side. And done hidden. I wasn't raised that way I I believe that mean -- characters that I play. There is a black and whiteness to those characters and that. Whether you decide to take through the white on the black side. Or decide to take the middle gray area if you take the gray area that is your choice. What Hollywood chooses to do this Hollywood's choice my choice though is what. Brad May and brought me here and my time on this earth is going to be -- and I can't answer for them all I can do is what I have to do. And when I met -- Jimmy Stewart along time ago you met him only I was working as a waiter at. Jerry Weintraub talents and I was asked not to speak to any of these celebrities I couldn't carry. The champagne glass decided to hold my champagne trade like this he wants and -- And all these famous actors mean the president United States. George Bush senior at the time. And here was. Walking around thinking man am I supposed to be in this business in my supposed to go the Naval Academy I play three times -- can get it just felt like -- No -- on it and I saw Jimmy Stewart and I kept thinking it's a wonderful life. Isn't moving that it's over my mental affected me so much that one man. I'm told by some Angel that you could change the course of of of unlocked basically missiles and many people and that is that. His life knew it meant something and the value human life but that's what that story talked me about night. I thought you know -- talked in the sky I'm pretty much done I need this job but I'll get fired for him. How walked over good for you and I said can I get somethin' and and we started going to this conversation he was. Air force general and and real -- reel to reel hero World War II many Americans don't know this. Very humble man very strong man. But one again going back to a retirement earlier won the made its choice because sat out the war about the war and they kept trying to give -- an office job music now I need to serve -- to get there and sky. And he did and that man turned me at the end of the conversation city Jim you you make good movies and I never forgot that while."

" got your mission from Jimmy Stewart. Now whether it be the passion of Christ account monitors the frequency. I look at something that's going to be fifty years from now people -- that is a great piece of work it's going to stand for what it does today. Fifty -- hundred years from now now the prisoner of course was really was was done before I was she huge fan of the Patrick and -- version. Unbelievable showed I had to watch it two or three times to understand. What was happening is it is it. As obscured the diversion that your doing of it or is it a little more clearer as to what's going on because it was it was kind of a puzzle."

" It's not abstract -- strapped purposes there is a great strongly any airline that goes through it fit. It's kind of like we all we you have a dream you wake up you understand the dreamy yet you don't but it. It affected you. When you when new world watches the prisoner its like there in the stream or stream moral but it feels very real and it is very real because it's an allegorical peace. That is that is pertain to what's going on the world right now just as the 1967 version pertained to back there doing Cold War."

" It has clear values in terms of a state. That is trying to control people's behavior and one individual who's trying to react against that control."

" Right now a lot of people are saying hey we. We we -- about -- who was my home my mom my in my in my house my -- my my job people saying we had a really good thing going on here what the hell just happened. Who came along broke the bank can destroy it. Then you have characters. The reactionary means. We're characters like number two played very in -- come along and say 100 prevent this from happening again we're gonna live in this safe. Secure environment same time he wife sought out all your personal freedoms and privacy."

" So what does connect to what's going on to resolutely. Yeah Ian McKellen before she was a star of Lord of the Rings what was it like working with -- very fund. We'll brilliant actor like Richard Harris was -- when I worked with in the Monte Cristo. Highly trained highly talented and very immediate and in other words. You have to be. On your toes all the time with a guy like this and then there's a lot of doing just fine and between and I and so I like the fact that I have to bring my a game -- and I might get beat that's okay I feel. -- the competitive spirit he has that and and the drives me to want to be better competition brings a best that everybody. You will be watching Jim thank you very much thank you very much. And the prisoner wears on AMC it all starts Sunday November 5."