Found this post on a blog that is put out by Byron Harvey who is Pastor of an Evangelical Free church in Pennsylvania. Harvey offers this entry.
It offers a response from the Producers of "End of the Spear" defending their casting choice.
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As I posted earlier, I emailed Jim Hanon, the director of End of the Spear, and offered to him the opportunity to give his side of the story—he had complained that Jason Janz, in the post on sharperiron, hadn’t done this. Here, unedited and uncommented-upon, is his response:
Reverend Harvey,
Thank you for contacting us and expressing your concern that Chad Allen was cast in End of the Spear. Movie making is a day to day industry involving a great diversity of people. We don’t require the people working with us to conform to our understanding of scripture. We have chosen to tell true stories, and a common denominator of all of these stories is that they raise the question of what it can mean to live what the Bible says is true. When you are involved in a production with this foundation you will encounter and work through these questions on a day to day basis. We do not feel anyone should be excluded from this process and professional environment because they don’t believe the way we do. Chad’s performance in End of the Spear is noteworthy. End of the Spear is not about the film makers, rather it is about an incredible story. The story is what will be judged and debated by a world wide audience, and it is the only thing we are promoting. The story is greater than the storytellers and it would be an enormous disservice if great stories of faith like this one were reduced to the human shortcomings of the film makers. We invite you to experience End of the Spear and then judge for yourself the message you are left with.
Every Tribe Entertainment.
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