Jonathan Roumie

He becomes a sandaled hippie in a lot of, you know, people's minds. They're like, oh, you know, he said some cool stuff and he did some cool things. And it's like, I think he was a little more than that.

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No, because I recognize that none of this is about me. I don't matter in the grand scheme of things. And so I recognize that when I come out to those speeches and people react the way they do and people yell out, Jesus!

No, because I recognize that none of this is about me. I don't matter in the grand scheme of things. And so I recognize that when I come out to those speeches and people react the way they do and people yell out, Jesus!

You know, that they're seeing me as the face of the guy that they've had this response to, this reaction to, while experiencing the show, and I'm the closest thing to the real Jesus that they probably will ever see in person. And so, I think, psychologically, they know I'm not Jesus, but they feel they want me to be the next best thing. I, of course, I cannot go anywhere near that reality, but

You know, that they're seeing me as the face of the guy that they've had this response to, this reaction to, while experiencing the show, and I'm the closest thing to the real Jesus that they probably will ever see in person. And so, I think, psychologically, they know I'm not Jesus, but they feel they want me to be the next best thing. I, of course, I cannot go anywhere near that reality, but

That said, if I believe everything I believe about my faith, I'm in this position for a reason. I was cast as Jesus and somebody else wasn't. Why? God only knows why.

That said, if I believe everything I believe about my faith, I'm in this position for a reason. I was cast as Jesus and somebody else wasn't. Why? God only knows why.

You don't matter. Dust in the wind.

You don't matter. Dust in the wind.

I think if I said there wasn't anything at all, I'd be lying. Yeah. Do I allow it to become my reason for doing what I do? No. So the paradox that you're describing, I guess it is kind of hard to make that distinction.

I think if I said there wasn't anything at all, I'd be lying. Yeah. Do I allow it to become my reason for doing what I do? No. So the paradox that you're describing, I guess it is kind of hard to make that distinction.

yes there's for me a sense of mission but the mission is about jesus in this case with the chosen it's about god that's that's what this experience is in playing this role when i meet fans who come out and and i was just in the philippines and it was nuts man like i've never seen anything like it um They were tremendous. They're just so intense.

yes there's for me a sense of mission but the mission is about jesus in this case with the chosen it's about god that's that's what this experience is in playing this role when i meet fans who come out and and i was just in the philippines and it was nuts man like i've never seen anything like it um They were tremendous. They're just so intense.

And everywhere I go, they're like giving me stuff and little articles and notes and things like that. And so I'm playing this character that people, for the most part, they already love him. They have a relationship with him. And then I come in and I sort of fulfill their idea of who that person is to them in their life. And I'm also one of them in that I have a relationship.

And everywhere I go, they're like giving me stuff and little articles and notes and things like that. And so I'm playing this character that people, for the most part, they already love him. They have a relationship with him. And then I come in and I sort of fulfill their idea of who that person is to them in their life. And I'm also one of them in that I have a relationship.

And a lot of them know that. And a lot of fans know how I feel about Jesus and God and faith and all of those things. And so I think all of that combined, I think it's the reason for my career.

And a lot of them know that. And a lot of fans know how I feel about Jesus and God and faith and all of those things. And so I think all of that combined, I think it's the reason for my career.

It can be draining. If I'm meeting you at one of these events and something has moved you to want to, you know, come and have this individual moment that oftentimes happens at some of these things where they'll have like VIP groups that there are certain people that get to have like some one-on-one time, but there's 700 of them. That takes time and it takes energy and