Passion: Costner backs Gibson
2004-02-28 14:15
New York - Kevin Costner said people "shouldn't be attacking" Mel Gibson for The Passion of the Christ, in an interview on the syndicated entertainment TV show "Access Hollywood."
"We shouldn't be attacking a filmmaker like Mel Gibson who, number one, is an honourable filmmaker... and probably questioned himself more than anybody even knows. So, like leave him alone," the 49-year-old director-actor said.
The film, starring Jim Caviezel as Jesus, is a bloody depiction of Christ's final hours and crucifixion.
Some Christian and Jewish leaders have complained the movie could fuel anti-Semitism by implying Jews were collectively responsible for Christ's death.
- AP