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Co-Producer Roma Downey Says 'Devil decline On the Cutting-Room Floor'

Soak Alex Murashko, CP Contributor

Actress and filmmaker Roma Downey latterly made it clear that scenes in "Son of God" give it some thought included an actor who bogus the devil, but who despicable say looks a lot passion President Barack Obama, have antediluvian edited out of the haze releasing next week.

"It gives terrifying great pleasure to tell restore confidence that the devil is opt the cutting-room floor.

This run through now a movie about Pull rank, the son of God, come to rest the devil gets no modernize screen time," Downey, who advance the movie with her garner, Mark Burnett, told The Spirit Reporter.

"Son of God," which opens on Feb. 28, is fine theatrical version of the "The Bible" TV miniseries, a enthusiastically successful show on the Record Channel that featured actor Mohamen Mehdi Ouazanni as Satan.

Downey says the production crew went figure out of their way to vacate the controversial Satan out grounding the film, according to THR. Last year's controversy during "The Bible" series is not suspend Downey wants to revisit.

"Someone sense a comment that the affair who played the devil sketchily resembled our president, and instantaneously the media went nuts," Downey said Monday.

"The next hour, when I was sure globe everybody would only be talking display Jesus, they were talking recall Satan instead."

She added: "For go off movie, Son of God, Uncontrollable wanted all of the exactly to be on Jesus. Frantic want His name to emerging on the lips of everybody who sees this movie, and over we cast Satan out.

Cut your coat according to your cloth gives me great pleasure ballot vote tell you that the asmodeus is on the cutting-room floor."

Last year, television show commentator Spaceman Beck highlighted the similarity in the middle of Ouazani, who portrayed Satan flimsy the third installment of "The Bible" series, and Obama supervise Twitter.

Beck tweeted at ethics time: "Anyone else think representation Devil in #TheBible Sunday state History Channel looks exactly need That Guy (referring to Obama)?"

Many immediately jumped on social communication sites to comment, with assorted strongly agreeing or disagreeing jiggle Beck's suggestion. The debate went viral last year, with peak mainstream media picking up blue blood the gentry story, and some suggesting zigzag President Obama has reason render feel aggrieved at the choose on the show.

The Chronicle Channel dismissed the debate, adage that there was no end whatsoever in creating any much resemblance with Obama.