Caviezel reportedly whispered back, half-laughing through agony, “Then put it back.”
And the craziest part?
But the shoulder was just the beginning.
During the whipping scenes — the ones that made audiences flinch, turn away, and later argue if the violence was too much — Caviezel was supposed to be struck by controlled, choreographed lashes.
Except one of them went wrong.
A whip caught him for real.
Hard enough to cut.
Hard enough to leave what multiple accounts describe as a permanent scar.
People on set allegedly froze for a beat as blood appeared — because for a second, nobody knew what was performance and what was life.
The actor playing one of the Roman soldiers reportedly muttered, “Oh my God… I hit him.”
“It’s okay,” he told them. “Keep going.”
Keep going.
As if he had decided pain was part of the job. As if suffering was a price he’d already agreed to pay.
Then came the story that turned the production into legend.
The lightning.
The one that still gets whispered about as if it was an omen.
They were filming outside. The weather had been calm earlier — not perfect, but manageable, the kind of day crews learn to work with.
Tents shook.
Equipment rattled.
Somebody yelled, “Secure the lights!”
And then a bolt of lightning tore through the air.
Depending on who tells the story, it either struck Caviezel directly or so close that it knocked people back and left the crew stunned.
What everyone agrees on is this:
He was hit.
Or nearly hit.
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