![]() “They never knew what this film was about,” he said. Verástegui said as producer he stressed the importance of “how we treat people on set,” particularly the child actors. “I needed to take it to that point, because I needed the public to understand that when Tim would come home and his children would run to him, he would literally fall on his knees and start weeping in their arms.” “The scene wasn’t written that way, but … it takes you right to the edge,” said Caviezel. In one scene, his character reviews a confiscated child pornography video to file a DHS report, but the film manages to convey the horror by instead showing only Caviezel’s eye as he types up his testimony. The Holy Spirit provided inspiration for “taking and elevating” the script by Monteverde and Rod Barr into a triumphant story of good conquering evil, said Caviezel - and without directly portraying lurid details of the film’s subject matter. … Scripture says some demons can only be removed by prayer and fasting.” ![]() “You’re going to have a lot of bad demons that are not going to like that. In addition, “fasting had to happen,” said Caviezel, especially for a project that sought to expose the sexual slavery of children. … Without that, there’s no way I can do what I’m doing right now.”Ĭaviezel also prepared for filming by attending Mass and receiving the sacrament of reconciliation “to get as pure as I can in my soul,” he said, admitting that researching the horrors of child sex trafficking by working with law enforcement provoked both nightmares and tears. “I pray the rosary every day,” said Verástegui. And when the public really wakes up and sees this, it’s going to blow their minds how wicked those people (are) that do what they do with these children.” “In this particular case, it’s a weapon against the greatest evil right now we’ve ever seen. “Every time I do a film, I pray the rosary and my prayer is that God would use us to really be whatever he needs us to be,” said Caviezel. ![]() Verástegui said he decided to counter the problem with “a weapon of mass instruction and inspiration - film.”Ĭaviezel and Verástegui drew on their deeply held Catholic faith to overcome what the latter called “so many obstacles” that gave way to “so many miracles” in making the film. I couldn’t sleep for a few days when they told me what was going on.” “I was in Los Angeles and met Tim Ballard and his team - ex-CIA agents, ex-FBI agents - and I learned what they were doing, traveling around the world undercover, rescuing children that were kidnapped for sexual exploitation,” said Verástegui. The film’s distributor, Angel Studios, is using technology it developed for its hit series “The Chosen” to enable viewers to buy tickets so that others can watch for free, or to claim donated tickets if they are unable to afford the purchase price.īoth Caviezel and producer Eduardo Verástegui told OSV News that the film has been a labor of both faith and love for the past eight years. (OSV News photo/Angel Studios)īallard has testified before Congress on child trafficking and has advocated vigorously to raise awareness of the issue, which is estimated to affect at least 1.7 million children globally, according to the International Labor Organization.įor Caviezel, portraying Ballard - and replicating his dramatic real-life rescues of enslaved children - is a role second only to that of playing Jesus in “The Passion of the Christ,” with a similarly compelling mission.Īhead of the film’s opening, the “Sound of Freedom” team is looking to sell “2 million tickets for 2 million children” trapped in trafficking, Caviezel told OSV News. This is a poster from the film “Sound of Freedom.” Actor Jim Caviezel and producer Eduardo Verástegui share how faith prepared them for their new film. ![]()
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