https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3u8ea1_Zt2g Juan Pablo Di Pace is playing the role of a lifetime because he is playing Jesus Christ in AD: The Bible Continues on NBC starting tonight at 9p. Even though this is the role he always wanted on his acting resume, he found it to be a huge responsibility, daunting and he’s humbled to be playing it.
Juan Pablo Di Pace grew up in religious household, so this was a dream role for him and his mother. In fact it might’ve been a role he was born to play. He explained at the NBC TCA Winter Press Day, “My mother is a religious painter. She has a painting in the Vatican. So I grew up with all of that. My name, actually, Juan Pablo, comes from John Paul II. So, you know, it was going to happen at some point.”
Then he talked more about his mom, and her paintings. He said, “She’s been painting Jesus and the saints and angels her whole life. Marta Maineri she’s called, my mother. And, yes, thanks to her teaching me about Michelangelo, about Caravagio about The Passion and all the scenes in the Bible, I was very familiar with a lot of moments in AD as well.” Then he added, “I remember when I was 12, she took me to the Sistine Chapel, and we saw The Pieta. I remember thinking, ‘Wow, this is the most beautiful piece of art.’ He concluded with, “Fast forward many years later, and there I am full of blood. Greta Scacchi is holding me in her arms, and I’m thinking this is just like a dream, it’s magic, it’s beautiful.”
Since his mother was such a big part of his religious upbringing, Executive Producer Roma Downey said that they flew her in to see her son’s crucifixion as they filmed it for the 12 part series, so that she could be there as emotional support for her son. How was she effected by seeing her son go through that? He said she is working on new paintings because, “She was actually taking inspiration from set.”
To see what inspired her new paintings and more importantly to see his brilliant performance as Jesus, tune in AD: The Bible Continues tonight and every Sunday at 9p on NBC.
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Lizzie Borden took an axe, killed her father and stepmom, got acquitted and now what? That is what Lifetime’s mini-series The Lizzie Borden Chronicles is going to tell us beginning tonight at 10p.
Now that the trial is over, Lizzie (Christina Ricci) and her sister, Emma (Clea DuVall) are trying to get their lives back to normal. Only problem is everyone is trying to get a piece of their money. Without money, how will they be able to do that? To make matters worse, where ever they go people seem to die. Even though Lizzie has been cleared of her parents’ murder, cops are wondering if she is the suspect in these latest crimes? Is she or is it just a coincidence? You will just have to tune in to find out.
When I heard about this mini-series I was looking forward to see what they were going to do with it. While I enjoy the story, I hate the editing. It feels like an artsy independent horror film and I am not a fan of those type of movies. If you can get past that, then you will enjoy the story loosely based on one of the most notorious females of the late 19th Century.
Millions of little girls all over the world are in love with Frozen and the biggest song from it, Let It Go. Well there is one sweet baby girl who hates the song so much, she cries whenever she hears it. In fact, Harper can be all happy and giddy; but as soon as she hears Idina Menzel’s voice the tears begin to flow. You know, just like you and me when you hear that tune coming from a television for the millionth time.
Ever wonder what it would look like waking up next to Lindsay Lohan in bed? Now, thanks to this photo that she posted on Instagram, you know.
You know what, she looks so much cuter without makeup. In fact, she looks her age and not like some who is twice her age. Don’t you agree?
