The show has garnered more than 300 million viewers worldwide. “The Chosen” was released in 2019 and became a global success thanks in part to its crowdfunding efforts - the largest ever recorded for a media project. The pope’s face lit up when he learned this, Roumie said, and Francis told him “that it’s important that I invite him, that I find him and that it make me very happy.” Roumie had written down a few lines in Spanish to tell the Argentine pontiff in the long-awaited encounter, where he thanked Francis and asked for his prayers as he faces the challenge of interpreting Jesus.

Roumie has often spoken about his journey of “total surrender” to Jesus, a journey that led him from being a broke aspiring actor to the star of “The Chosen,” a series recounting the stories of the Gospels and currently preparing to film its third season, in March 2022. Why cast and crew of ‘The Chosen’ love filming in Utah’s version of the Holy Land.A light on a hill: Inside the making of ‘The Chosen’.

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