Imagine youâ??re a big-shot Hollywood producer, and youâ??re making a movie about the life of iconic Baptist preacher/pastor/professor Joel Gregory.
You bet the film on casting character actor Paul Giamatti, who is 95 percent perfect to play Gregory. Giamatti mirrors Gregoryâ??s persona: Everyman, not a leading man. A bit stooped, a tad weary. You donâ??t want to see him shirtless. And heâ??s the only actor with range for the part. The slightest gesture â?? a chuckle, a pause, a shrug â?? may convey the themes of Gregoryâ??s life: Promise. Grandeur. Loss. Redemption.
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