SUCOPRESS/Raquel Laguna. Shahar Isaac, Noah James, Elizabeth Tabish, and Paras Patel play Simon Peter, Andrew, Mary Magdalene, and Matthew on THE CHOSEN. In this interview, the actors talk about their characters and about what the audience can expect from Season 4. THE CHOSEN is a groundbreaking historical drama based on the life of Jesus (Jonathan Roumie), seen through the eyes of those who knew him. Set against the backdrop of Roman oppression in first-century Israel, the seven-season show shares an authentic and intimate look at Jesus’ revolutionary life and teachings. THE CHOSEN Season 4 will continue its successful portrayal of Jesus Christ's life. Jonathan Roumie, Shara Isaac, Elizabeth Tabish, Paras Patel, George H. Xanthis, Noah James, Nick Shakoor, Giavani Cairo, Shaan Sharma, Lara Silva, Abe Bueno-Jallad, Brandon Potter, Kirk B. R. Woller, Jordan Walker Ross, David Amito y Luke Dimyan return to the series.
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00:00 You know what attracted me to this project is something, for me it's a challenge.
00:04 It's seeing something that I don't know if I can portray it or you know as accurate or
00:09 authentically as it's meant to be portrayed.
00:10 So for me it was, I love a good challenge.
00:12 I love exploring within myself the boundaries that I can create or find in bringing something
00:18 to life.
00:19 And so just the script was one thing but just knowing that Matthew the character required
00:24 that is what really drew me to the show and just being a part of it has been nothing but
00:28 a blessing ever since.
00:30 And it's just been a great experience.
00:32 And what have you learned from your character?
00:35 I've learned so many.
00:36 Do you have the rest of the day because we'll have to cancel everything.
00:39 You know from the top of my head this season I've learned about forgiving and how it's
00:44 not a clean cut thing.
00:46 You know it's messy and there's different ways and if you believe in yourself and believe
00:50 in what you're doing is the right thing and you are apologizing and owning up to your
00:55 mistakes it's okay to make mistakes.
00:57 That's one of the big lessons I've learned this year as Matthew.
01:00 Noah, let's talk about Andrew.
01:03 How is your character going to evolve in this new season?
01:07 Yeah, it's really interesting to me because I think a lot of this season there are a lot
01:14 of sort of maybe some obvious challenges especially when it comes to John the Baptist being imprisoned
01:20 and his ultimate fate that we know.
01:23 And it's a real test for Andrew to be able to live up to the teachings of Jesus and John
01:28 the Baptist and to be able to continue forward and move on in the face of such a difficult
01:35 circumstance.
01:37 But there's a mission here and he has to try to grow up and live up to the responsibility
01:43 that he has in the group.
01:45 And in which way has working in The Chosen has impacted your personal life?
01:54 I mean I can say there's like a multitude of reasons but I'll just say to pick one even
01:59 just for my you know artistic soul, you know we as actors and artists like we strive, we
02:09 want so badly to wake up every day and to try to interpret a human being and see how
02:15 would they behave.
02:16 You know how can you have an audience, let an audience in on the human condition.
02:22 And for us we get to do that every single day on this show through all the already four
02:28 seasons and it's like the gift that keeps on giving.
02:32 And then we get to grow with these characters over all these years and so we show up you
02:36 know when we show up for season five we have all those years behind us and then when they
02:41 say alright and action it's like we're right back where we left off and that is a true
02:47 gift.
02:48 What can the audience expect from this season four?
02:53 A very bumpy roller coaster.
02:58 You know I think look it's going to be a bit dark this season but what we know or what
03:04 we can hope to see is that there is light at the end of the tunnel, there is hope and
03:07 there is love and that's what our show is known for.
03:11 And so what you're going to see this season are these moments that are dark but the way
03:15 the show is going to show us the light, help us find the way, will impact us and make us
03:21 feel full in ways of how to kind of treat that if that is happening in your own life.
03:27 Jasmine, in which way has working on a show like The Chosen impact your personal life?
03:35 Oh man in so many ways.
03:39 The first I mean the main thing that I think of is just what I learn through my character
03:45 so through the work that I'm doing and then also through the people that I work with and
03:50 having these conversations and for instance just what he was what Brandon was talking
03:55 about with what he how Quintus is and what he's learning from it.
04:03 You know that's very much something that I also struggle with is control and not to try
04:07 and be so controlling but just as an example and then for instance like with Reema playing
04:13 her it's just given me such an appreciation for life and I'd like to think that I was
04:18 already that kind of a person but realizing oh I think I'm much more negative than Reema
04:23 is I think Reema is just is just such a ray of sunshine and then also just the experience
04:34 of it all seeing how it impacts people and them sharing their stories and what they get
04:40 from it is so cool to see just to see how all of that plays out.
04:47 Brandon what do you like the most about your character and what have you learned from him?
04:53 Well what I like about him is that he's kind of clever right he's a funny guy and that's
04:58 kind of likable obviously he has a bunch of other qualities that are not good right but
05:03 he is kind of funny so that's nice and what I've learned from him is that you know Quintus
05:12 is a part of something he doesn't understand it's sort of like there's a big thing happening
05:16 around him and he doesn't fully grasp it and he's trying to control it and what I've learned
05:21 what Brandon has learned from Quintus is that it's okay to be a part of something bigger
05:25 that you don't understand but don't try to control it just be present.
05:29 Tell me the vibe on set between the rest of the cast with the crew you must be like a
05:37 big family by now.
05:39 Big dysfunctional family oh boy yes.
05:42 Emphasis on the fun though you know.
05:44 Yes actually yeah it's so cool because what my favorite thing about about just any relationship
05:50 is I am so thankful whenever I get to sometimes be an ass and people just understand like
05:58 you know you have your days and god like I'm just so happy that I'm around people who just
06:03 let me be me who let me have those days and they're so supportive instead of you know
06:08 instead of just I don't know it's just such a supportive vibe of we the work that we do
06:15 we're outdoors and it can be heavy sometimes and it can be hard and they're long stressful
06:20 work days they're fun but it's you know you're we're dealing with emotions we're dealing
06:27 with just a bunch of like you were saying earlier some like a lot of logistical stuff
06:31 and so it's nice to have a support group is what it feels like to me where I if I'm having
06:36 a bad day then I'm not worried about oh my gosh how am I gonna go through today how am
06:43 I gonna make it through today I don't that's something that I don't worry about and that
06:47 means a lot to me personally.
06:51 And for you Brandon was the same how was work?
06:54 I think so yeah it's so unusual to come onto a set especially a set that that is this big
07:02 right it's a big cast you know there's something like 15 principal performers and and the crew
07:06 is equally sizable right and in a cast and crew that size it could be very easy to get
07:12 lost in it and feel anonymous and I've never felt lost or anonymous on this set and that's
07:18 since day one it speaks to everyone's care and compassion making this show and it's a
07:24 beautiful to be a part of.