Costner Defends Mel Gibson’s ‘Passion’

Kevin Costner said people “shouldn’t be attacking” Mel Gibson for “The Passion of the Christ,” in an interview on the syndicated entertainment TV show “Access Hollywood.”

“We shouldn’t be attacking a filmmaker like Mel Gibson who, number one, is an honorable filmmaker … and probably questioned himself more than anybody even knows. So, like leave him alone,” the 49-year-old director-actor said. Portions of Costner’s interview, to air Friday night, were released in advance.

The film, starring Jim Caviezel as Jesus, is a bloody depiction of Christ’s final hours and crucifixion.

Some Christian and Jewish leaders have complained the movie could fuel anti-Semitism by implying Jews were collectively responsible for Christ’s death.

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