Actor Jim Caviezel is a QAnon believer

[FelineOverlord]

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[Shrike47]

1. Sad, now I can't respect him.

[Moostache]

10. Why would you have in the first place?

Fame is not a reason to admire anyone. I am willing to bet about 1/2 or more of those people just might believe he IS Jesus...

[Hortensis]

39. RESPECT for others is a base, starting position for most people,

liberals anyway and others.

From sad experience, I've long preferred not to know who the people behind the performances are. I tune in for the performances, and that's all I want to see, not some silly dickhead pretending to be what he can't really understand, respect or admire.

[Dawson Leery]

2. In real time, we detractors condemned "The Passion Of the Christ" for anti-semitism.

We were right all along.

[msfiddlestix]

8. I condemned it for a strangely sado masochistic indulgence

and twisted glorification of the persecuted martyr, promoting cult fetish.

That was my recollection from first impressions of the trailer. I never watched it. But I soon became aware of his extremist/cult views at the time, and vowed never to support him by viewing any film of him in the future.

But I believe I had unknowingly recently viewed a film I liked a lot with him as a "supporting actor" or such. It must have been on netflix or prime. can't recall the title or even what it was about at the moment despite the fact it wasn't that long ago.
But I do recall he was good in it.

I will continue to avoid any film he directs, or performs in the future. The last one was by accident. And I remember I nearly didn't recognize him.

Wasn't aware of the anti-semitism in that film or his life, but it doesn't surprise me in the least.

[csziggy]

24. I liked him in Outlander (the 2008 movie, not the series) and in Person of Interest

But since I heard about him in The Passion of Christ, I have no interest in watching him in anything else, especially with this news.

[ShazzieB]

35. I gave The Passion a very wide berth.

The "sadomasochistic indulgence" and "twisted glorification of the persecuted martyr" aspects you so eloquently describe were a huge, gigantic, major turnoff to me, and I made a point of not going anywhere near it.

I feel like I've seen Caviezel in something but didn't realize it at the time, and now I can't remember what it was.

[msfiddlestix]

37. If I recall the period the film was made accurately....

I feel like it was made around the time Shock 'n Awe was in full "State of Play", don't remember if it was before or after Dumbya's re-election campaign.. but I was just fed up to the gills with the punditry class frothing Evangelicals as the "mainstream" of the "American Electorate". and majority of the population (which I felt was complete BS), directly implying that the Democratic Party had better find religion and give succor to their leaders.

And who can forget how the GOP convention created a backdrop on the convention stage, a huge white cross designed to make Bush seem like the second coming. Anointed by God.

Again, I don't recall exactly the year, but my tolerance for the Religious Cult figures had hit an all time below-Zero-Tolerance factor, and not inclined to support or give an ounce of charitable perspective, forgiving thoughts in their behalf.

That hasn't changed. If anything, my views have only been re-confirmed over and over again, and they're all far worse than I gave them credit for in the past. Mel Gibson and comrades can go eff themselves as they join forces with the Q Nutters they always were, as well as their White Supremacists Grand Wizards of every one of those groups.

[FelineOverlord]

3. Actor Jim Caviezel is a QAnon believer

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4. Actor Jim Caviezel is a QAnon believer

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[Buckeye_Democrat]

5. Never heard of him.

I just now learned that he played Jesus in the Mel Gibson "Passion of the Christ" movie, which I never saw.

[ornotna]

6. Oy vey

Freaking batshit crazy.

[Aristus]

7. "Person Of Interest", starring Actor Of No Interest.

I couldn't watch a thing Jim Caviezel was in, not because he's a right-wing loon, but because he's the most boring actor on the planet.

I remember reading years after I saw the movie that Caviezel had a major role in "The Thin Red Line". Surprised the shit out of me. I can't remember a nanosecond of his appearance in the film. He was outshone by a battalion of far better actors.

As a native Northwesterner, his one positive achievement is pronouncing "Puyallup" correctly on TV, in one of his "POI" episodes.

[Salviati]

12. It's a good thing that I like every other actor's performance in that show above his.

I really do like that show, but he's not particularly good in it. He's not terrible, but he could be replaced by any number of other actors who would have done a just as good, if not better job.

[Aristus]

13. Julia Stiles is the female equivalent.

Watching her act is a good cure for insomnia. Stand her up against a beige-painted wall, and she would disappear...

[FlyingPiggy]

33. HA! You're right!! I hadn't thought of her but maybe that's why...

I’m busy forgetting her forgettable performances.

[Midnight Writer]

22. Exactly. "Generic" is how I would describe him as an actor.

[AZProgressive]

30. It is interesting Person of Interest has episodes based on Cicada puzzles

The irony of those episodes is a real life Cicada puzzle may have led to the creation of the Q stuff rather than an evil supercomputer. I guess the person that solved a real life cicada puzzle came into contact with others and created the Q stuff.

[UTUSN]

9. Well, he was Mel GIBSON's "Jesus" and his statements back then

sounded like he was in the delusion, not the actor's illusion business.

[PatSeg]

15. That's pretty much all I remember

about him. I don't even recall what all he said, but I know he left a very negative impression. To hear he is a Qanon conspiracy believer came as no real surprise.

[Paladin]

26. Gibson's Jesus movie was the first thing I thought of.

It all fits.

[FlyingPiggy]

32. It sure does fit together

[ShazzieB]

34. Indeed.

[msfiddlestix]

11. Never heard of him, nor do I recognize his face

Probably makes me completely out of touch with Pop Culture or other.


any notable films apart from Passion of Christ (which I did not see on purpose) ?

[Withywindle]

25. It doesn't make you out of touch

He's not a big star nowadays. People might remember him from Person of Interest but that's about it. He hasn't been in anything popular recently.

[msfiddlestix]

27. Ah thanks! I find myself disconnected to names of films, actors, and pop stars too often

My millennial daughter, and now grand kids try their hardest to keep up to date, but it's a daunting task for them often times.

I appreciate your kind attempt to help me feel not so weird about it.

[CurtEastPoint]

14. wtf is he blathering about 'saving the children?'

[FelineOverlord]

20. It's one of the core beliefs of QAnon

They believe TRUMP is saving the world from child sex traffickers.

https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-donald-trump-child-trafficking-illinois-morris-aab978bb7e9b89cd2cea151ca13421a0

[nuxvomica]

16. Never liked him and his dead eyes

I first saw him in an otherwise terrific movie called Frequency. I remember thinking at the time that it was too bad they couldn't find a likeable actor to play his role. He was like a cipher among the other good actors. I am not at all surprised that he's a nutcase.

[Iggo]

17. Because of course he is.

[BootinUp]

18. It's interesting how well he mimics having a brain. Nt

[GoCubsGo]

19. The religious-zealot star of Mel Gibson's Jesus snuff film is a QAnoner?

Wow. There's a shocker.

[stillcool]

21. birds of a feather.

Coming out as a right-wing-whacko doesn't bode well for his acting career. Maybe it was already over.

[Withywindle]

36. Yeah, his career is kind of tanked

I looked him up on Wikipedia and he hasn't been in anything good since POI - and he's been in a lot of shit like Infidel, which was executive produced by Dinesh D'Souza of all people.

I don't think actors should be blacklisted for their political views even if I disagree with them, but I've never heard of a QAnon believer and tradcath nutjob who wasn't a pain in the ass to work with and a raging bigot on all sorts of fronts (and they never hide it as well as they think they do).

[Wounded Bear]

23. IIRC he's always been a RW asshole. Not surprising he'd go down the Q rat hole...nt

[Boomerproud]

28. Prove it Qers. Simple isn't it?

[Dirty Socialist]

29. FOR CHRIST'S SAKES JIMMY!!!

Get your head outa your ass!

[Skittles]

31. well, in all fairness

I already knew he was a nutcase

[BradAllison]

38. He was okay in "Frequency"

Along with another nut Dennis Quaid.

I just remember him turning down a movie because he didn't want to do love scenes and disrespect his wife.

[mysteryowl]

40. OMG! adrenochroming is blood letting of children

Ah, no. It just simply is not rational is how I know!

[GoneOffShore]

41. Who? Had to look him up. Looks like just another E-lister trying to grift.