A Maori Jesus?

At least he wasn't white in this one, and Cliff Curtis is more likely closer to looking like what Jesus looked like than the usual white actor.


Time wounds all heels.

Ffs. You had brits playing Romans, one of the disciples is irish and the woman that played mary is an argie. But you're just bitching about the guy that played jesus. Does it bloody matter?

And we have

an Australian Thor,

A Black Heimdahl

A British Odin,

A Female Ancient One,

Shall I go on?

Cliff Curtis looks Middle Eastern, actually, he looks more Hispanic than Maori. By the way, he was excellent in the part!

Why not? If you can ha e a European, English Jesus, why not Maori? If he can pass?

I get you but I disagree. It makes no difference to me and this is still a very good film. There is a popular opinion that everyone in that part of the world during that frame of time was brownish even though The Bible clearly states otherwise. Even King David the centerpiece of the Jewish religion is described as fair and ruddy. Ruddy meaning white skin with flourishes of redness presumably from blood flow beneath the surface which tinges the white skin with redness. Nevertheless the film still succeeds at delivering the message that Jesus/Yeshua was who he said he was.

We're all related, and not that long ago.