“We didn’t really have to act very much,” says Liz Tabish (Mary Magdalene). Welcomed with hosannas and palm branches by 600 background actors, The Chosen cast felt like they were truly experiencing Jesus’ Triumphal Entry. Liz, Abe Bueno-Jallad (Big James), and Ivan Jasso (Yussif) give us the disciples’ perspective on this amazing start to Holy Week—and on the “thunder” that soon follows. The writers, Ryan Swanson and Tyler Thompson, talk to us about two reversals: the choice to open each episode with the Last Supper, but in reverse chronological order, and the inversion of the Triumphal Entry—the tragic destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70.

Main Cast

Jonathan Roumie (Jesus of Nazareth)
Shahar Isaac (Simon Peter)
Elizabeth Tabish (Mary Magdalene)
Paras Patel (Matthew)
Noah James (Andrew)
George H. Xanthis (John)
Abe Bueno-Jallad (Big James)
Joey Vahedi (Thomas)
Giavani Cairo (Thaddeus)
Jordan Walker Ross (Little James)
Shaan Sharma (Shmuel)
Kirk B.R. Woller (Gaius)
Vanessa Benavente (Mary, Mother of Jesus)
Austin Reed Alleman (Nathaniel)
Alaa Safi (Simon Z)
Luke Dimyan (Judas Iscariot)
Amber Shana Williams (Tamar)
Lara Silva (Eden)
Nick Shakoour (Zebedee)
Ivan Jasso (Yussif)
Elijah Alexander (Atticus Aemilius)
Reza Diako (Philip)
Brandon Potter (Praetor Quintus)

The Chosen

S0E106 — Season 5, Episode 1 Aftershow

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