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What This CHOSEN Star’s Character Realizes in Season 5: ‘Such a Shock’

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What This CHOSEN Star’s Character Realizes in Season 5: ‘Such a Shock’

By Movieguide® Contributor

Elizabeth Tabish believes that season 5 of THE CHOSEN is going to show a new side to her character.

“It’s been an empowering thing because usually a woman that has gone through that sort of trauma doesn’t always have a happy ending,” she told YouTuber Ruslan of her character Mary Magdalene, “and I can’t imagine a happier ending than being the first person to witness Jesus resurrected, so I just I think hers is such a joyful story, and it’s a privilege to get to play her.”

Regarding the season, she added, “Everything’s just ramped up…like the stakes are so much higher. The very first episode Mary really hears what Jesus is saying and is really starting to put pieces together of this puzzle and realizes that He is not making a metaphor; He is going to die. It is such a shock and real. I think she starts a grieving process in this season that, I think the way it’s written, is sort of preparing her to stay at the cross.”

Tabish continued, “I think we’re seeing her shift into the Mary Magdalene I think everyone is really familiar with, not thinking about herself or her past at all.”

Tabish shared that although some of the characters in the show are anticipating Jesus’ death, none of them are expecting a resurrection. “I cannot imagine she would, that anyone would, expect a resurrection you know? But she has witnessed him raise Lazarus back from the dead, so I think there is this sort of like, curious, maybe hopefulness.”

THE CHOSEN Season 5 will debut in theaters March 27, starting with Episodes 1 and 2. Episodes 3-8 will release later in April.

READ MORE: HERE’S WHEN THE CHOSEN SEASON 5 WILL HIT THEATERS

The film tells “The incredible true story of an Armenian family forced to flee their home during the collapse of the Soviet Union and embark on a journey to find a community to call their own.”

Tabish called the movie “a really beautiful story about them seeking a home in this world…and also really finding home, I think, in their faith,” adding that it explores “those sort of very difficult challenges as Christians, to love your enemies or to love the people that despise you, and in this story, we get to see that played out, and we get to see that that type of love for not just their family, but the people that they’re near, and that ripple effect of their love.”

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