{"id":2098008,"date":"2025-10-17T16:19:28","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T16:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2098008"},"modified":"2025-10-17T16:19:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T16:19:28","slug":"mel-gibson-finds-his-jesus-christ-replacement-for-the-passion-of-the-christ-sequel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/mel-gibson-finds-his-jesus-christ-replacement-for-the-passion-of-the-christ-sequel\/","title":{"rendered":"Mel Gibson Finds His Jesus Christ Replacement For \u2018The Passion of the Christ\u2019 Sequel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div role=\"presentation\">More than two decades after The Passion of the Christ shocked Hollywood and audiences worldwide with its gore and violence \u2014 as well as its huge box office \u2014 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0000154\/\">Mel Gibson<\/a> has finally started filming his long-delayed sequel, and this time, there\u2019s a new face playing Jesus. Finnish actor <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm3663897\/\">Jaakko Ohtonen<\/a>, best known for his role as Wolland in <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0144901\/\">Netflix<\/a>\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt4179452\/\">The Last Kingdom<\/a>, will step into the role originally portrayed by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0001029\/\">Jim Caviezel<\/a>. Production quietly began last week at Rome\u2019s Cinecitt\u00e0 Studios, the same location where <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm15889842\/\">Gibson<\/a> shot the 2004 original.<\/p>\n<p>Variety is reporting that Gibson and his team decided to completely recast the movie rather than rely on costly de-aging effects,&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.imdb.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than two decades after The Passion of the Christ shocked Hollywood and audiences worldwide with its gore and violence \u2014 as well as its huge box office \u2014 Mel Gibson has finally started filming his long-delayed sequel, and this time, there\u2019s a new face playing Jesus. 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