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‘The Chosen’s’ Jesus Actor Jonathan Roumie Meets Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican
Jonathan Roumie, who plays Jesus on 'The Chosen,' met Pope Leo at the Vatican
“ The Chosen ” star Jonathan Roumie met briefly with Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday during a general audience at the Vatican, where a Season 5 episode of the hit biblical series had streamed on Monday at the Holy See’s Filmoteca theater. Roumie, who plays Jesus on “The Chosen,” and Elizabeth Tabish, George Xanthis, and Vanessa Benavente — who respectively play Mary Magdalene, St. John the Apostle and Mary, the Mother of God — as well as series creator and director Dallas Jenkins, are in Rome this week after wrapping three weeks of filming in the ancient southern Italian town of Matera. Matera is the location where Mel Gibson famously shot “The Passion of the Christ.” Season 6 will focus entirely on the final 24 hours of Jesus’ life, culminating in the crucifixion.
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