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A Journalist's Plea On 10th Anniversary Of 'The Passion Of The Christ': Hollywood, Take Mel Gibson Off Your Blacklist". In May 2023, it was announced that Gibson would direct a film titled Flight Risk, starring Mark Wahlberg.

His films in the first half of the decade were Forever Young, Lethal Weapon 3, Maverick, and Braveheart. In Robert Bolt’s script for “The Bounty,” the two characters have been longtime friends, and Bligh is presented as much less of a villain, giving the famed story another layer of complexity. Gibson got his breakthrough role as the leather-clad post-apocalyptic survivor in George Miller's Mad Max.S.) American-born Australian actor who became an international star with a series of action-adventure films in the 1980s and later earned acclaim as a director and producer. Later, Gibson expanded into a variety of acting projects including human dramas such as the Franco Zeffirelli film version of Hamlet (1990), and comedic roles such as those in Maverick (1994) and What Women Want (2000). It's one terribly awful moment in time, said to one person, in the span of one day and doesn't represent what I truly believe or how I've treated people my entire life. In June of the same year, Gibson was in Brownsville, Texas, filming scenes for the film Get the Gringo, about a career criminal put in a tough prison in Mexico. Gibson directed, produced, co-wrote, and funded the film The Passion of the Christ (2004), which chronicled the passion and death of Jesus ( Jim Caviezel).

The Anti-Defamation League accused Gibson of antisemitism over the film's unflattering depiction of Caiaphas and the Sanhedrin. When he was asked whether John 14:6 is an intolerant position, he said that "through the merits of Jesus' sacrifice .In a 2006 interview with Diane Sawyer, Gibson stated that he feels that his "human rights were violated" by the often vitriolic attacks on his person, his family, and his religious beliefs which were sparked by The Passion. A movie with an anti-Semitic bias is released internationally, not just in America, and that’s sobering. In addition to producing or co-producing many of Gibson's own star vehicles, Icon has turned out many other small films, ranging from Immortal Beloved to An Ideal Husband. Grigorieva said the voices on the multiple recordings leaked were of herself and Gibson, according to CNN. In the films he played LAPD Detective Martin Riggs, a recently widowed Vietnam veteran with a death wish and a penchant for violence and gunplay.

The success of “Lethal Weapon” (1987) launched Gibson’s most financially lucrative franchise with a bang.On August 17, 2006, Gibson pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor drunken-driving charge and was sentenced to three years' probation. Gibson's Icon Productions originally agreed to finance Moore's film but later sold the rights to Miramax Films.

Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League, tweeted , “ Winona Ryder’s account is another example of Mel Gibson’s disgusting anti-Semitism and homophobia. I n the age of cancel culture, when one slip-up can kill a career, Gibson has managed to survive, despite insulting and denigrating gay, Black, and Jewish people at several different times. It will be based on the heroic story of the crew belonging to USS Laffey (DD-724), who defended their ship from 22 kamikaze attacks. Tour our photo gallery of Gibson’s 12 best films in his career, ranked worst to best, whether he was starring or directing. These include low-budget films “Fatman,” “Last Looks” and “Boss Level,” and one major studio flick — the reboot of “Wild Bunch,” which Gibson is set to direct.Gibson has a deep bench of Hollywood supporters, though, like close friends Jodie Foster, Whoopi Goldberg, and Robert Downey Jr. In early November 2016, Gibson revealed on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert that the sequel's title will be The Passion of the Christ: Resurrection. Gibson’s popularity declined somewhat in the early 21st century, partly because of a string of offscreen incidents that many believed demonstrated a hostility toward certain minority groups, particularly Jews. Gibson revealed in a 2016 interview with Jorge Ramos that he voted for neither Donald Trump nor Hillary Clinton in the 2016 United States presidential election.