"Let's talk about this existence of the devil. To the lay public, claims of doing battle with Satan, expelling demons from the bodies of the possessed, belong in the realm of fiction. "It is very important to point out that he was very attuned to the fact that you could be suffering very deeply from a medical condition, or a psychological condition, and which had nothing to do with the core of his job," Crowe said. I really liked that combination," Crowe said.Ĭrowe says Father Amorth approached his job with a degree of scepticism, rejecting many who sought his help and redirecting them towards conventional medicine. He's dealing with the afflicted all the time … I was just very attracted to that, you know, because like, it's such a serious gig. Two elements of the Italian's character appealed to the Australian actor: "The purity of his faith, and his sense of humour." He went to Rome to research Amorth's character and met friends of the priest and members of his order, including some who had been present at exorcisms. His diaries later became best-sellers.Ĭrowe says the more he learned about Father Amorth, the more he wanted to play him on screen. The Pope's Exorcist was based on the real-life story of the Vatican's Chief Exorcist, Father Gabriele Amorth, who died in 2016.įather Amorth claimed to have performed thousands of exorcisms and kept detailed records of his battles with evil spirits. ![]() ![]() It scared the living daylights out of me," he told 7.30.īut then the script for a new exorcist movie landed on his desk, and the Gladiator star became interested in the world of devil-fighting priests. When Australian Hollywood star, Russell Crowe, watched the original 1973 Exorcist movie as a teenager, he found it terrifying.
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