Actor Kelsey Grammer may be best known for his roles in TV sitcoms Cheers and Frasier, but his latest role in the film Jesus Revolution has highlighted his dedication to his Christian faith.
Jesus Revolution, which was released in theaters on Friday, is based on the real-life experience of Southern California Pastor Chuck Smith, who invited hippies into his church and began a Christian movement in the late 1960s and early 1970s that spread across the country as thousands joined the faith.
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“It’s really uplifting. It’s a good movie,” Grammer told USA Today. “My wife and I saw it together. She was just dissolved in tears and said, ‘It’s the best thing you’ve ever done.’”
Grammer, who played the role of Smith in the film, said he appreciated the way his character embraced and adapted his message to reach the hippies.
“What Chuck did went back to one of the basic precepts of Christianity, which is inclusion,” Grammer said. “He thought, ‘Well, I’m doing it this way, and people aren’t listening,’ so he finally surrendered. He said, ‘You show me a hippie, and I’ll listen.’
“It became a great adventure, which is still going on,” Grammer added. “His church [Calvary Chapel] branched into 1,000 churches around the country, and it still exists. Christian contemporary music is going gangbusters, and [the Jesus movement] put that at his doorstep.”
Grammer said the film highlights how his faith is a core part of who he has become.
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“I’ve had hiccups. I’ve had some tragic times,” Grammer said. “I have wrestled with those and worked my way through them — sometimes rejecting faith, sometimes rejecting God even, in a period of being pretty angry about it, like, ‘Where were you?’ That kind of thing.
“But I have come to terms with it and have found great peace in my faith and in Jesus,” he continued. “It’s not cavalier — Jesus made a difference in my life. That’s not anything I’ll apologize for.
