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Mark Burnett recently revealed that not all miracles connected with The
Bible hit series were contained within the script.
Burnett told Entertainment
Weekly that "weird things" began happening on the production set. He attributed this to "the hand of God," and said that people would just look at one another as if to say, "Whoa…"
Not only that, both the actors and the edit "came together perfectly" – feats that are quite rare "in the biz."
One "weird thing" that Burnett referred to
occurred during "a scene with Jesus and Nicodemus." When the actor who played Jesus said, "The Holy Spirit is like the wind," a huge natural wind blew over them for approximately 20 seconds. This wind was so intense that it "almost blew the set over."
Then there was the case of the "missing
frock." After the Baptism of Jesus scene was filmed, a portion of the actor's costume was lost in the water. These special-made costumes are very difficult to replace, especially while filming in the desert. Nevertheless, "a kid showed up from many, many, many miles away" four days later with the costume piece in hand. The child said that he wasn't sure why, but he knew he just had to return it.
Last, there were the "cobras at the cross." The snake wrangler (yes, snake wrangler) who was hired for the
desert production managed to remove one or two snakes from the set each day. However, on the day that the Crucifixion was filmed, he wrangled a total of 48 venomous snakes (cobras and vipers) out from under the rocks around the cross.
Resources
http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/03/06/mark-burnett-bible-set/
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