After Losing Home in LA Fire, Mel Gibson Feels 'Free' to Pursue Resurrection Film: 'Called to Do It'

Talia Wise : Jan 20, 2025
Faithwire.com

"...I feel like I'm being stripped down and prepared for something else. I feel like the Almighty is preparing me to do something big." -Mel Gibson

[Faithwire.com] Film actor and director Mel Gibson says now is the perfect time for him to begin production on the highly anticipated sequel to "The Passion of the Christ" after a 20-year hiatus. (Screengrab image: via Arroyo Grande /Faithwire)

The Academy Award-winning filmmaker talked faith and a little politics while appearing on the debut episode of the "Arroyo Grande with Raymond Arroyo" podcast.

During the interview, Gibson shared he just lost his home during the massive and deadly fires that broke out in the Los Angeles area on Jan. 7.

However, he said it has been a "blessing" in disguise.

"It was an odd mixture of sadness and a kind of a weird realization and blessing because they are just things," he told Arroyo. "Yeah, I'm going to miss some stuff. There was some valuable stuff, some personal stuff, but I feel like I'm being stripped down and prepared for something else. I feel like the Almighty is preparing me to do something big."... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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