Dallas Jenkins Reveals Which Scene From ‘The Chosen: Last Supper’ Was the Most Emotional To Film

Director Dallas Jenkins recently sat down with ChurchLeaders to discuss the highly anticipated Season 5 of “The Chosen,” titled “The Chosen: Last Supper.”

The series is one of the most-watched shows in the world, boasting over 250 million viewers. “The Chosen” has over 18 million followers on social media and has been viewed more than 800 million times across 175 countries.

Season 5 will take audiences on an emotional journey that includes devastation, joy, sadness, and anger while telling the events that surround the Last Supper.

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Jenkins, who is also the show’s creator and one of its writers, shared that one of the most impactful scenes to film from Season 5 was Jesus’ triumphal entry.

“There were 600 Chosen fans who had come out as extras,” Jenkins said, something he said that the show does each season.

“We give them an opportunity to be in the background,” he added.

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Jenkins told ChurchLeaders the process of filming the scene was a “long” and “hot” day that required “dozens of takes of the donkey and Jesus and the apostles and followers going into the city—multiple times.”

“We know we’re going to be tired because we were walking all this time,” Jenkins said. “And so we’re getting ready, first take, and we’re from a distance, and we start hearing and seeing the crowd chanting and singing and waving their palm branches and walking around.”

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“And all of us—[were like] ‘Whoa, that’s an amazing moment,’” Jenkins recounted.

Jenkins shared that it became even “more real” and “more humbling” when they got closer to the extras. Getting emotional, Jenkins recalled “walking into the crowd and they are crying. And for [the extras], it’s real. It’s like an opportunity.”