John Bickley

And I think you touched on it there, this hope for the beauty of a new life in redemption and that ultimately that brings people together.

Do you look for at least an element of that in terms of the projects you get involved with?

Indeed.

And like you said, as long as a character and a story are grounded in reality, to me, the truth always leads to the higher truth, to Christ.

So a film can be dark, but still have a moral grounding.

And like you're saying, you're playing a role which maybe points people toward the consequences of sin.

That in itself is a faith message.

Right.

Well, it's messy.

Now, obviously, you've played a lot of roles.

The landscape has changed for Hollywood in so many ways in recent decades.

How have you seen that dynamic playing out in terms of your career?

Yeah, I'm glad you brought that up.

We've been documenting on this show what looks to be a trend in entertainment, like there's more of a space for faith-focused films lately.

And I do think, like you're saying, actually capitalism can end up promoting, for its own purposes, you know, a lot of good things.

People really do want to see this stuff.

There's a real hunger for it.

Yeah.

So what's coming next for you?

You've got this shyster role coming.