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To the person who said Caviezel may have fucked up his career by taking the Jesus role...on the whole I don't think he did. He believed in the role, and went for it (almost surely knowing there'd be controversy); that he accepted the role & didn't pussy out clearly shows his dedication as an actor. I think this movie definately secured his place as a bonified star. He made the right decision in doing this movie. Also, I think he knows that there will always be bubbleheads who'll condemn him as an "anti-Semite" (and every person who calls "Passion" anti-Semitic is full of apeshit)...he was prepared for it, no doubt about it. If anything, he can be proud of himself for not allowing said bubbleheads to influence his decision in making the movie. So, no...he did not fuck up his career, IMO.
I think you misunderstand why I think he may have fucked up his career. It has nothing to do with the possibility of people "blackballing" him over the subject of the movie. Working actors take roles whenever they can get them, and inside the industry they understand that. The problem is typecasting in the public's eye--people will never be able to think of him as just Jim Caviezel the Actor, they will think of him as That Guy Who Played Jesus, and as such no director will want him in their movie that's not about Jesus. It's the same reason why Christopher Reeve got so few roles, despite being a brilliant actor.
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