{"id":28299,"date":"2015-03-13T10:09:43","date_gmt":"2015-03-13T17:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/?p=28299"},"modified":"2015-03-13T18:35:45","modified_gmt":"2015-03-14T01:35:45","slug":"of-kings-and-prophets-finds-its-david-and-jesus-sort-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2015\/03\/of-kings-and-prophets-finds-its-david-and-jesus-sort-of.html","title":{"rendered":"Of Kings and Prophets<\/i> finds its David… and Jesus (sort of)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Three new actors have joined the Saul-and-David drama Of Kings and Prophets<\/a><\/i>.<\/p>\n

First, in the centre of the photo above, there is British actor Oliver Rix<\/b>, who will play David<\/a>, the young shepherd who goes on to become the second King of Israel.<\/p>\n

Second, to the left, there is New Zealand actress Simone Kessell<\/b>, who will play Anohim, the wife of King Saul (Ray Winstone) and, thus, the mother of Michal (Maisie Richardson-Sellers). Anohim is described as \u201ca top adviser to the throne.\u201d<\/p>\n

There have been many films about David and Saul, and many films that depict Saul\u2019s sons and daughters (well, at least the daughter that David married), but I can\u2019t recall if any of them have ever depicted Saul\u2019s wife before, much less given her a significant role in the story. Saul\u2019s wife is called Ahinoam in the Bible, and she is mentioned only once<\/a>, in I Samuel 14:50 \u2014 but David, too, is said to have married a woman named Ahinoam, who became the mother of his firstborn son Amnon. Some scholars think these two women might be the same person, but that doesn\u2019t seem likely<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Finally, to the right, there is Lebanese-American actor Haaz Sleiman<\/b>, whose role in the pilot has not yet been announced. Sleiman currently has the title role in Killing Jesus<\/a><\/i>, which will premiere on the National Geographic Channel on March 29.<\/p>\n

The picture above comes from Sleiman\u2019s Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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