{"id":9699,"date":"2013-08-27T15:35:05","date_gmt":"2013-08-27T22:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/?p=9699"},"modified":"2013-08-27T16:58:06","modified_gmt":"2013-08-27T23:58:06","slug":"ben-kingsley-set-to-co-star-in-his-second-or-third-moses-movie-other-actors-also-join-ridley-scotts-exodus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2013\/08\/ben-kingsley-set-to-co-star-in-his-second-or-third-moses-movie-other-actors-also-join-ridley-scotts-exodus.html","title":{"rendered":"Ben Kingsley set to co-star in his second or third Moses movie; other actors also join Ridley Scott’s Exodus<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"\"<\/a>I haven\u2019t seen it in years, but of all the movies that have been made about the life of Moses, one of my favorites is the Lux Vide production Moses<\/a><\/i> (1995), starring Ben Kingsley. As I said in my review<\/a> of the film at the time:<\/p>\n

For sheer human realism, Kingsley\u2019s is probably the best interpretation of Moses any film has offered to date. He stutters nervously in the Egyptian courts; he wrestles with his doubts when God\u2019s plans seem to fail; he rejoices ecstatically when the Pharaoh\u2019s chariots drown; and he sheds painful tears when the Levites kill their fellow Hebrews for worshiping the golden calf.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So I\u2019m feeling a bit of d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu<\/i> now that Kingsley has reportedly joined the cast of Ridley Scott\u2019s life-of-Moses movie Exodus<\/a><\/i>. Admittedly, he will not be playing the part of Moses himself this time; that role has already gone to Christian Bale. Instead, according to Deadline<\/a>, Kingsley will play \u201ca Hebrew scholar\u201d.<\/p>\n

This is not the first time Kingsley has returned to the Moses story; he previously narrated a low-budget computer-animated version of The Ten Commandments<\/a><\/i> (2007). In addition to that, he also played Potiphar in Joseph<\/a><\/i> (1995) and, a year ago, he was said to be \u201ccircling<\/a>\u201d the part of King Herod in Mary Mother of Christ<\/a><\/i>.<\/p>\n

Kingsley is actually one of four<\/i> actors whose involvement in Exodus<\/i> was announced today. John Turturro has been cast as Seti<\/a>, the Pharaoh who orders the death of the Hebrew newborns when Moses is a baby, and Sigourney Weaver will play his wife Tuya<\/a>. (John Turturro and Sigourney Weaver as a married couple\u2026?)<\/p>\n

Weaver, of course, got her big break in an earlier Ridley Scott film, Alien<\/a><\/i> (1979), and she later played Queen Isabella in Scott\u2019s Christopher Columbus movie 1492: Conquest of Paradise<\/i> (1992). So Tuya would be the second<\/i> queen that Weaver has played in one of Scott\u2019s historical epics.<\/p>\n

Finally, Variety<\/a><\/i> reports that Breaking Bad<\/i> co-star Aaron Paul is in talks to play Joshua, the Hebrew slave who leads the Israelite armies under Moses and goes on to lead the people into the Promised Land after Moses dies.<\/p>\n

I see that, according to the IMDb<\/a>, Paul\u2019s father is a retired Baptist minister, so presumably that<\/i> will come up on the Exodus<\/i> junket at some point.<\/p>\n

Speaking of people named Aaron, there is no word yet on who will play Moses\u2019 brother \u2014 or, for that matter, who will play his sister, Miriam. So there is plenty of casting news yet to come. Personally, I\u2019m still hoping that Russell Crowe, a frequent collaborator of Scott\u2019s, will get to play Moses\u2019 father-in-law Jethro.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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