Get the latest gossip
Nicholas Pinnock on How His Portrayal of Jesus Christ in ‘The Book of Clarence’ Is ‘Changing the Paradigm’
Nicholas Pinnock plays Jesus Christ in Jeymes Samuel's 'The Book of Clarence,' becoming just the second Black actor to take on the role.
Jeymes Samuel ’s “ The Book of Clarence,” the British musician/filmmaker’s lively follow up to his wildly energetic all-Black Western “The Harder They Fall,” gives the dusty sword-and-sandal genre a bold, funk-infused remix. The Legendary film, which Sony’s Tristar Pictures is releasing Jan. 12 and counts Jay-Z among its executive producers, follows a Holy Land hustler and religious skeptic (LaKeith Stanfield) who attempts to fashion himself as a Messiah to clear some debts. For Pinnock, who is about to start shooting Nia DaCosta’s “Hedda Gabler” adaptation starring Tessa Thompson and also has Steven Knight’s “This Town” series coming up, Jesus Christ is the most iconic role he’s ever taken on.
Or read this on Variety
