The Celebrity Cafe – In talks to develop a Biblical drama for HBO, the Roman Catholic Rice says she knows who she wants for Jesus – Written by: Ellen Wernecke.
Just call it a mission from God.
In a new book which interviews celebrities about their religious and spiritual beliefs, Anne Rice, the bestselling vampire writer and born-again Christian said she believes she’s been called to make a television series about Jesus’ life — and in her head, she’s already cast it.
“I haven’t told Johnny Depp yet, but wouldn’t he be perfect?” Rice said about the series, which she described as HBO’s “Deadwood” (her favorite show) set in Nazareth.
“It would be everything that’s going on in Jesus’ village — all the arguments, disputes, whatever –and we’d take maybe five years to get to Jerusalem,” Rice said.
“Mmmm. . . , Strong. Beautiful. Edgy. Soulful eyes,” Chicago Sun-Times reporter Cathleen Falsani writes about Depp. “A graceful person but not effeminate. Roguish yet strangely wise. Yes, Depp as Jesus — I can see it.”
