Jim Caviezel Returns As Ex-Soldier For Ghost Soldier, Drops Jesus Role

Actor Jim Caviezel dey return to action screen as former Special Forces soldier wey dey fight to protect him hometown for new film Ghost Soldier, and di 58-year-old star say hot yoga and wetin him call “farmer workout” dey help am stay fit.

Ghost Soldier go come out on November 11, Veterans Day. For di film, Caviezel plays Henry “Fitz” Fitzgerald, one man wey dey live off grid when one company move to take him land. Di company don pick fight with former soldier and advanced weapons developer.

Him tell interview say hot yoga dey give am flexibility to do things wey explosive. Him also dey take phytoplankton, one algae-based supplement, and for gym him dey do farmer workout wey heavy on squats and deadlifts. Caviezel still follow rule wey him learn from Escape Plan co-stars Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone: “The best way to get in shape is to never get out of shape.”

Caviezel talk say him get two sons in mind when him take di role, and him think about veterans wey fit bring their families go see am. “I want to make the veteran community proud,” him talk. Him add say Green Beret Chris Papasadero write di first screenplay for Ghost Soldier from him own experience with weapon systems.

On di Jesus role, more than two decades after The Passion of the Christ, Caviezel no go return as Jesus for Mel Gibson two-part follow-up, The Resurrection of the Christ. Actor Jaakko Ohtonen don take di role. When dem ask wetin advice him get for successor, Caviezel answer be like: Buckle up. “What I went through on mine, I’ve got a lot of scars all over my body,” him talk.

Caviezel talk say training for Ghost Soldier different from him G.I. Jane boot camp days when him dey him 20s. Him talk say when him do G.I. Jane, na first time him dey around Navy SEAL community, and dem go through boot camp well well. Him still keep those relationships for other films.

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