{"id":28652,"date":"2015-03-17T15:39:58","date_gmt":"2015-03-17T22:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/?p=28652"},"modified":"2015-03-19T08:12:56","modified_gmt":"2015-03-19T15:12:56","slug":"christ-the-lord-out-of-egypt-to-star-sean-bean-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2015\/03\/christ-the-lord-out-of-egypt-to-star-sean-bean-and-more.html","title":{"rendered":"Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt<\/i> to star Sean Bean and more"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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It has been two months since I last wrote about Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt<\/a><\/i>, the film adaptation of Anne Rice\u2019s novel about Jesus\u2019 childhood. At that time, the studio behind the film had announced a release date but no cast members. Today, however, a colleague tipped me off to the fact that the film\u2019s IMDb page<\/a> now lists 20 actors, and at least one of them is fairly well-known: Lord of the Rings<\/i> co-star Sean Bean.<\/p>\n

Bean is playing someone named Severus, but there is no one of that name in the book \u2014 at least not according to a quick Google Books search \u2014 so I don\u2019t know who that character is or what function he will play in the story. Sounds Roman, though.<\/p>\n

Bean, who has plenty of experience with period pieces, has appeared in at least one Bible film before. He played Esau in the Bible Collection\u2019s Jacob<\/a><\/i> back in 1994.<\/p>\n

There is no word yet on who is playing Jesus, but the IMDb does say Vincent Walsh is playing Joseph and Agni Scott is playing \u201cMiriam\u201d, who I\u2019m guessing is identical to the biblical Mary. Walsh doesn\u2019t seem to have any previous Bible-movie experience, but Scott played Jacob\u2019s concubine Zilpah in The Red Tent<\/a><\/i> a few months ago.<\/p>\n

Other actors with previous Bible-movie experience include:<\/p>\n