'Resurrection of the Christ' writer reveals Mel Gibson's dark spiritual warning about 'Passion' sequel

Randall Wallace reveals Mel Gibson warned him that 'Satan's going to come after you' before they began writing "The Resurrection of the Christ."

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Mel Gibson's longtime collaborator Randall Wallace revealed the dark spiritual warning that the two-time Oscar winner gave him before they began writing the sequel to "The Passion of the Christ."

The 76-year-old screenwriter, who previously teamed up with the 70-year-old director and actor for 1995's "Braveheart," 2002's "We Were Soldiers" and 2016's "Hacksaw Ridge," co-wrote the screenplay for "The Resurrection of the Christ" with Gibson and his brother Donal Gibson.

During a recent appearance on Raymond Arroyo's podcast "Arroyo Grande," Wallace recalled how he urged Gibson to tell the Resurrection story following the massive success of "The Passion of the Christ."

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Grade A reflects 4/100 framing risk from editorial voice; each finding below is tied to stored wording.

A 4/100 risk

Confidence: 80%
Format: opinion
Findings: 1
Method: origin-framing-v2

Outlet context is separate. right (+65, 60% confidence). This profile does not change the article grade.

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Editorial voicebody

+4 · 68% confidence

"And of course, I was being facetious, but I was also thinking…" Wallace continued.

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