‘Office’ star Rainn Wilson says faith in God ‘freaks people out’ in Hollywood, is the ‘uncoolest thing’
nypost.comRainn Wilson, who rose to fame playing Dwight Schrute on “The Office,” talked on a recent podcast about the need for a spiritual revolution.The actor spoke about his religious journey and trying to navigate Hollywood and modern culture as a person of faith on the “No Small Endeavor” podcast, hosted by theologian and professor Lee C.
Camp.Wilson also noted how he has been discussing faith for a “good 12 years,” noting, “Frankly, I think it freaks people out.
I think that most of Hollywood, especially comedians in Hollywood, talking about God is the uncoolest thing you can ever possibly do.”He further added that “comedians will call themselves nerds and say, ‘Oh, I’m so uncool, I’m so uncool.’ But it’s this weird thing.
It’s like, Hollywood is about who’s sitting at the cool kids’ lunch table.”Regarding Hollywood and talking about faith, the actor explained, “So do I, do I have any smoking guns?
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