The Oscar-nominated star of “12 Years a Slave” has gone from playing Peter the apostle in the upcoming biblical drama “Mary Magdalene” to playing a contemporary Pentecostal pastor in the midst of a religious crisis in the Netflix drama “Come Sunday,” out Friday, April 13. Could this be pure coincidence?
“Who knows? Perhaps,” the British actor says, laughing. “Certainly I have been having to engage very, very heavily with faith and religion and Christian faith, specifically.”
The back-to-back religious-themed projects have left the actor — raised a Roman Catholic, who drifted from the church in his teens — with a new perspective on faith.