Actor Playing Jesus Struck By Lightning
Lightning strikes Gibson’s Christ
ROME, Italy — Actor Jim Caviezel, who plays the son of God in Mel Gibson’s controversial film “The Passion of Christ” has been struck by lightning during shooting.
Caviezel was uninjured, but a producer described how he saw lightning come out of the actor’s ear.
An assistant director on the film, Jan Michelini, was also hit — for the second time in a few months.
The first time, a lightning fork struck his umbrella during filming on top of a hill near Matera in Italy, causing light burns to the tips of his fingers, VLife, a supplement to Variety publications said in its October issue.
A few months later the second strike happened, a few hours from Rome.
Michelini was again carrying an umbrella, and standing next to Caviezel on top of a hill, the magazine said.
Both were hit, with the main bolt striking Caviezel while one of its forks hit Michelini’s umbrella. Neither were hurt.
The film, which is spoken in Latin and Aramaic, has come in for criticism from religious leaders. It portrays the last hours of Christ, but some Jewish and Roman Catholic groups are concerned the film will fuel anti-Semitism.
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