Why ‘The Pope’s Exorcist’ Director Went Bonkers Over Russell Crowe: ‘Who Doesn’t Want to See the Gladiator Take on the Devil?’
thewrap.comHow did you get involved in “The Pope’s Exorcist?”I’ll tell you this much, it took me a while to read it because the exorcism genre is done to death.
But then I picked it up. And I started reading it. And I started to fall in love with this character of Father Amorth, who felt like a part “Dirty Harry,” part “Colombo” type character.
He is this real rogue within the church. He’s a really flawed character, who thumbs his nose at the new ways of the church but he’s also this super faithful servant of God, where his faith is unquestionable.
I liked that contradiction.For me, I wasn’t interested in doing a serious biopic, I was more interested in doing what James Wan did with “The Conjuring.” We’ve used a real person as a launching pad for something a lot more fantastical.
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