Angel Studios, the studio that distributed “Sound of Freedom,” recently hosted a Q & A with Jim Caviezel, the outspoken Christian and star of the new film who also played Jesus in “The Passion of the Christ.” Caviezel, during the interview, fired back at criticism of the film and explained why certain people have attacked it.
During the Q & A, Caviezel said that people are attacking the movie because they’re scared of what it shows and what it draws attention to, saying, “They’re scared. Quaking in their boots. And it’s because the public are listening to their hearts, which is what this film tells you to do.”
Continuing, Caviezel spoke about evil in the world and how God views it, saying, “When there is evil, real evil in the world, and when love is in your heart, boy, evil is just a coward to God.”
Watch that here (around the 20:00 mark)
Also speaking during the interview was the director of “Sound of Freedom,” Alejandro Monteverde. He spoke about how the audience of the movie has not been deterred by media attacks on the film and its message but have instead kept showing up to watch the movie and then give it rave reviews.
He said, “One thing that’s amazing is, you know, we make movies for the audience. And I understand, you know, the critics world, but I like to focus on the audience, and the audience are responding. They’re the most important for us as filmmakers, as storytellers, and the audience are giving us 100 percent and that’s where I want to stay.”
Caviezel also attacked those who have gone after “Sound of Freedom” as being a “QAnon” conspiracy theory when he appeared on the Charlie Kirk Show, saying, “Now, by way of analogy, if I were the apostle Saul (Paul) and I’m a Pharisee, I’m going to go after the Christians and take them down. Now, let’s remove Christians and make it QAnon, I’m going to destroy them because the Romans told me they are evil. I’m going to destroy them because my own church staff, my fellow Pharisees said evil—Well, I’m going to take them out.”
Predictably, Mike Rothschild, who attacked the film on CNN, tried to smear Caviezel as a conspiracy theorist in a statement to Newsweek, saying, “Caviezel’s comment is 100 percent what a Q believer would say, the cliche of ‘there is no QAnon only anons’ is a constant comment of people in the movement, a way to convince outsiders you aren’t part of Q while being part of Q.”
Continuing, Rothschild added, “Believers are invested in the movie because they see it as a way to fight back against both the evildoers behind the supposed trafficking and the liberal machine that protects them. They don’t have any problem with both hating Hollywood and supporting it through ticket sales. I definitely think there’s a resurgence of both talking about Q and right-wing thought leaders disavowing it.”
Featured image credit: screengrab from the embedded YouTube Q & A video
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