Interview with Judas

Aleteia sits down with The Chosen’s Luke Dimyan, who portrays Judas Iscariot.

Transcript

00:00This season, Jesus finally takes his entire ministry to Jerusalem. And of

00:07course, in taking this moment, something that's been building up from season one

00:11to season four, he's finally taking the spotlight, setting the stage for his true

00:18and final week of ministry. And in doing so, he is not mincing words, he's not

00:24leaving anything to chance, he's saying it plainly and exactly why he's

00:28here and what he's here to do. And that's going to upset some people and that's

00:33going to leave some people disappointed. And as those tensions boil, enemies might

00:39become friends and friends can lead to certain betrayals. Judas takes a new

00:47approach in the in the coming season where he just hopes to fully, zealously

00:54almost, just support Jesus to try to get him into this placement. With so much

01:01vigor and so much desperation, I think he needs a savior. And so he's asking him

01:07almost like blatantly, like without any hidden agendas or context, he asked them

01:15plainly to do this for him. And I don't think Jesus is able to fulfill his request.

01:24Judas at his core that I've found in this character is someone who needs security.

01:29His past in losing his parents and a force to leave his religious studies to follow a

01:38form of business to support him and his sister. I believe that he needs he needs

01:44to be saved or he wants to be saved. And so when he sees a rabbi speaking of such

01:52beautiful words and the possibilities of future of a peaceful and prosperous

01:56Israel, I think he wants Jesus to save him in a way that Jesus isn't here to save, though,

02:10which is heartbreaking. Bigger. Much bigger. The production value. I mean, you've seen the

02:18sets. Everything has been like turned the notch to 11. The way we started filming it, the cameras

02:25they've used. Our cinematographer, Akis, he started using film cameras as reference

02:30photos to format our cinematic style, to give it that depth, to give it that grain

02:36and grit. And it's beautiful. From what I've seen so far, you guys are in for a true

02:42cinematic and story treat. It's amazing.