Greg Laurie Praises JESUS REVOLUTION Star Kelsey Grammer’s ‘Amazing’ Performance
By Movieguide® Contributor
Greg Laurie has shared a new set photo of himself and Kelsey Grammer as they continue work on the upcoming movie JESUS REVOLUTION.
“@mrkelseygrammer is doing such an amazing job playing the role of Pastor Chuck Smith!” Laurie captioned his Instagram post. “There is one scene where Kelsey (As Chuck) hears the Christian band LoveSong play for the first time. (Remember this is before Contemporary Christian music existed) Without saying a word, his reaction is priceless. At first he is resistant to it, then a slight smile, he represses it, then a full smile, then tears! And when he speaks, he embodies that warmth and authority that Pastor Chuck had.”
“ALL this cast is so talented and this movie will take you back in time to a spiritual awakening,” he continued. “I can’t wait for you all to see it! It comes out next year.”
The movie, based on Laurie’s book of the same name, also stars actors like Jonathan Roumie, Joel Courtney, and Anna Grace Barlow.
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Movieguide® previously reported on the production of JESUS REVOLUTION:
THE CHOSEN’s Jonathan Roumie, Kelsey Grammer, Joel Courtney and Anna Grace Barlow are set to star in JESUS REVOLUTION, a movie by Kingdom Story Company.
The movie follows Greg Laurie’s book, Jesus Revolution, about “the true story of a national spiritual awakening in the early 1970’s and its origins within a community of teenage hippies in Southern California.”
THE KISSING BOOTH’s Courtney will portray Laurie with Barlow as his wife, Cathe. Grammer will replace Jim Gaffigan as Chuck Smith, and Movieguide® Grace Prize® Winner Roumie will take on the role of Lonnie Frisbee.
Movieguide® Award winners Jon Erwin and John Gunn will write the script, with Gunn directing.
“Pray for the cast and crew, that they will either come closer to Jesus or some might even meet him for the first time!” Laurie wrote on Instagram. “Our prayer is that this film will prompt young people (And all people for that matter) to say, ‘Do it again, Lord!’. It’s been said, ‘The fame of revival spreads the FLAME of revival.’”
“The Jesus Movement was the last great American spiritual awakening,” he added. “Some historians have said it was the greatest revival of all time. Let’s pray for another. I also appreciate prayers as this film goes into production.”
Here are some more photos Laurie’s shared from the set:
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