Director Martin Scorsese said his meeting in Rome with Pope Francis had both emotionally moving and light-hearted moments, with the pope even cracking a joke about getting actor Andrew Garfield to join the priesthood.
Scorsese met Pope Francis at the Vatican's Apostolic Palace on Wednesday to discuss his upcoming film Silence (opening Dec. 25), where Garfield and Adam Driver portray Jesuit priests in 17th century Japan.
Scorsese said he mentioned to the pope, a member of the Jesuit order, that Garfield had gone through the Jesuits' 30 days of spiritual exercises before starting the film.
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