Obama-Satan lookalike cut from film version of hit mini-series The Bible
'The devil is on the cutting-room floor. This is now a movie about Jesus … the devil gets no more screen time,' says producer of The Son Of God
• Quiz: Name that Satan
Controversial scenes in which an actor with a startling resemblance to Us President Barack Obama portrayed Satan have been cut from the big-screen version of a hit mini-series about Jesus' life.
Producers of Son of God, which is based on the hugely popular 2013 TV mini-series The Bible, said they had removed the offending episodes. The veteran Moroccan actor Mohamen Mehdi Ouazanni, who viewers and commentators said closely resembled Obama, will not appear in the film .
"It gives me great pleasure to tell you that the devil is on the cutting-room floor. This is now a movie about Jesus, the son of God, and the devil gets no more screen time," producer Roma Downey revealed during an interview with the Hollywood Reporter.
• Quiz: Name that Satan
Controversial scenes in which an actor with a startling resemblance to Us President Barack Obama portrayed Satan have been cut from the big-screen version of a hit mini-series about Jesus' life.
Producers of Son of God, which is based on the hugely popular 2013 TV mini-series The Bible, said they had removed the offending episodes. The veteran Moroccan actor Mohamen Mehdi Ouazanni, who viewers and commentators said closely resembled Obama, will not appear in the film .
"It gives me great pleasure to tell you that the devil is on the cutting-room floor. This is now a movie about Jesus, the son of God, and the devil gets no more screen time," producer Roma Downey revealed during an interview with the Hollywood Reporter.
- 2/18/2014
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
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