When cohost Sunny Hostin asked about the length of time for each day, implying that she can’t focus for more than 60 seconds at a time (the daily sessions are around 10 to 15 minutes long), Roumie said the meditations are so engaging that focusing is easier than people might expect. “It’d be perfect for you,” he said.
The conversation then turned to how difficult it was for Roumie to film Season 6 of “The Chosen.”
“I think as an actor, you’re always looking for truth in a character, and to be able to find that and to play a character authentically, you have to enter into whatever that character’s truth in the story is,” Roumie explained. “And for Jesus, it becomes doubly intense because I’m now trying to enter into the truth of what it meant to go through torture and crucifixion.”
“It’s not just the physicality of recreating that,” he said. “It’s the emotional impact that that has. It’s the mental, the psychological impact of entering into Christ’s crucifixion and his torture.”
“I asked God to allow me some sense of what that would be like, and he didn’t disappoint,” Roumie shared. “And it’s something that I’m still actively processing right now.”
Hostin wanted to know what stories Roumie has heard from people whose lives have been changed by the show. He answered that every now and then he “randomly” goes through his direct messages on Instagram, the social media platform where he is most active. A couple of weeks ago, he happened to choose two people who had both been “lifelong atheists.”
They “never had any interest in God, and somehow, somebody sent them the show, and all of a sudden, it’s like that first episode just kind of grabs hold of you,” he said. “And if God wants to, he will just, he’ll find you. He’ll follow you, he’ll go after you.”
Because of watching “The Chosen,” those former atheists became interested in the Bible, began going to church, and became Christians. “To me, that’s remarkable,” said Roumie.
