Actor Kelsey Grammer became emotional while talking about his portrayal of Pastor Chuck Smith in a new motion picture titled “Jesus Revolution” during a recent appearance on the syndicated program “Live with Kelly and Ryan.”
Grammer’s comments came after the show aired a clip from the film.
“I love this movie,” Grammer said through tears. “I really love it.”
He added that his wife Kayte Walsh, loved it too when they both sat down in their home to watch the first cut of the film.
“When Kayte saw it, she said, ‘Oh my God, it’s the best thing you’ve ever done,'” he recalled. “She started crying.”
Becoming emotional, Grammer told hosts Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest that his character “is a man looking for his own faith and finds it as well. A man whose church is empty. He can’t get traction and he’s started to think he’s going to be fired from his job as a pastor.”
“This hippie comes into his life,” he continued. “And he finds new purpose and started a movement that’s still going. It’s extraordinary.”
Ripa asked Grammer if the film was a true story.
“Yes, it’s a true story,” he replied.
Grammer then told Ripa and Seacrest that he has been approached by a number of people, who said, “You’re playing Chuck Smith! Oh, I listened to him all the time.’ Or they’d say, ‘He married us’ or ‘I was baptized by Chuck Smith.'”
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