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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Inga Parkel

Mel Gibson faces backlash from conservatives after casting pro-choice actor as Virgin Mary

Actor-turned-director Mel Gibson has angered far-right Polish groups with the casting of a pro-choice activist in his new film, The Resurrection of the Christ.

Polish-born actor Kasia Smutniak, known in her country for being a supporter of women’s rights, will star as Jesus’s mother, Mary, in Gibson’s long-delayed sequel to his 2004 biblical epic, The Passion of Christ.

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