Joaquin Phoenix plays Jesus in a new movie but refuses to do one thing: "Who would he do it?"

Joaquin Phoenix should play the role of Jesus in the new movie "Mary Magdalene", but he refused to do any of the miracles.
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Joaquin Phoenix plays Jesus in the upcoming film "Mary Magdalene", but he refused to perform any of the miracles recorded in the gospels.

One of the first scenes of the film asked the 44-year-old actor, who was playing Joker recently, to perform a miracle of John's Gospel, in which Jesus healed a blind man by rubbing mud in his eyes ( represented by a woman in the film).

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"I knew this scene from the Bible, but I guess I never really thought about it," Phoenix told CNN. "When I got there, I thought," I'm not going to rub my eyes with dirt. Who would it be? It does not mean anything. It's a horrible introduction to the vision. "

Phoenix took things in hand, just licking his thumb and rubbing his eyes. No mud, but he maintains that it does not take away the miracle Jesus did.

The film, due out on Good Friday, takes a more feminine approach to the story of Jesus, while many biblical scholars have called Mary Magdalene, portrayed by Phoenix girlfriend Rooney Mara, the "first feminist".

The film was originally scheduled to be released in early 2017, but was postponed several times after The Weinstein Co. was caught in multiple sexual assault charges against producer Harvey Weinstein. IFC Films finally released it.