Jonathan & Jesus | show | 2024 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

To play the role of 'Jesus' on TV (and survive the experience), actor Jonathan Roumie must seek out who Jesus really was | dHNfQ0RmZmpKM1FuM3M

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00:00 A woman was in the back of the church crying out to him and calling him Jesus.

00:05 This is like the best day of my life.

00:07 This is just bizarre.

00:09 I want Jesus.

00:11 Playing Jesus Christ, that has to be a huge responsibility.

00:15 So this is it? This is the beginning? This is the start?

00:19 This is the start. Right now is the start.

00:21 My life has gotten pretty insane the last year.

00:27 The Chosen is the first multi-season series about the life of Christ.

00:31 It's also the highest crowdfunded TV project of all time.

00:35 Christianity is the largest religious audience in the world.

00:37 And there's nobody that's playing Jesus at this scale.

00:40 When you're playing a really iconic character like Jesus, you feel like you have extra responsibilities.

00:46 When you look over the centuries, Jesus is depicted in every medium.

00:49 And he continues to be referenced over and over again in culture.

00:53 You're telling Jesus.

00:54 I like to picture Jesus in a tuxedo t-shirt.

00:56 Jesus Christ at our dinner table.

00:58 Does anything make you feel more uncomfortable than some stranger going, "I'd like to talk to you about Jesus."

01:04 He has expressed to me that he does have a desire to learn more about Jesus.

01:08 What could this carpenter from a forgotten corner of the Roman Empire possibly have to say to our world today?

01:14 I have so much to talk to you about. I am serious.

01:18 The whole Jesus Christ thing, what do you do with that?

01:22 I meet people that tell me that when they pray to Jesus, they see my eyes.

01:26 But is he the Messiah? He's not trying to be the Messiah. He's not on that trip.

01:31 It's starting to scare me.

01:33 My life has always been, in some way, hiding behind the character.

01:39 You can't make everyone happy, so you do what you can.

01:42 For somebody who cares about control, the idea of surrender seems like the absolute worst outcome.

01:51 How do I not be this when I don't want to be?

01:54 How do I turn it off?

01:56 Everyone is looking for three things in life. Purpose, love, and connection.

02:04 It's not until you get to the end of yourself that you get to the beginning of something else.

02:08 I know it's a lot of pressure, but some people will form an opinion about God based on you.

02:13 Hey, Jesus!

02:14 What's going on?

02:15 You excited? You ready?

02:17 It's an entirely life-altering experience, and I have no idea where it's going to go.

02:24 But, here I am.

02:28 [MUSIC]