THE “Jesus of Nazareth». is the largest, most famous and most performed production of the passion of Christ, with a number of famous protagonists and directed by the Italian Franco Zeffirelli. In the role of Jesus… the unsurpassed Robert Powell.
The idea for the then-unknown Robert Powell was suggested by the British-Ukrainian producer’s wife, who had seen him in a BBC series. She spoke of his “wonderful blue eyes”.
The producer set Robert Powell one condition to take the role.
In particular, before the filming of the series began, Robert Powell married his fiancee Barbara Lord, because the producer Sir Lew Grade did not accept the actor who played Christ living in sin.
Robert Powell served the term and the rest is movie history.
Source: News Beast
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