THE CHOSEN: LAST SUPPER brings Jesus’ final days before the cross to a larger scale, but the cast and creator say the heart of Season 5 remains personal.
“I think we reveal them to be the relational and intimate stories that they actually are,” Dallas Jenkins, creator of THE CHOSEN, said in a Movieguide® interview.
The official synopsis describes Season 5 as a story of Israel welcoming Jesus as king while religious and political leaders work to make the Passover meal His last, placing the narrative across Holy Week.
Jenkins said the season’s scale could not replace the show’s interest in individual people. “We take these big epic stories and we make them actually smaller and more personal,” he said, explaining that the production tries to reveal the relational stories inside the larger biblical events.
That tension runs through the season’s biggest moments, including the triumphal entry, Jesus turning over the tables in the Temple, Judas’ betrayal and the Last Supper. In description of THE CHOSEN’s official trailer, Jenkins described the season as a journey through those events while promising the show’s continuing effort to humanize the people involved.
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For Jonathan Roumie, who portrays Jesus, the challenge was to carry the sorrow of the coming days without losing Jesus’ presence in each moment. Roumie said he tries to play Jesus as fully present, describing Him as “probably the most present person.”
Roumie also spoke with humility about portraying Jesus through five seasons. He said he was grateful for the chance to play Jesus, calling Him “the greatest person who ever lived.” The actor said the role has continued to challenge him while giving him the opportunity to grow through the work.
Jenkins said the show’s operating principle is to access Jesus’ humanity as well as His divinity. That approach shapes the Temple confrontation, he explained, because Jesus’ anger is personal: He is watching people corrupt something sacred that belongs to His Father.
Jenkins also shared a lesson he wishes he could give his younger self: “It’s not your job to feed the 5,000. It’s only to provide the loaves and fish.” He connected that lesson to the responsibility of honoring God, the Gospel stories and the intentions behind the work, whether a project succeeds or struggles.
The cast members described a similar posture of trust. Elizabeth Tabish said her work has changed as she learned she does not have to hurt herself to play a hurting character, while actor Paras Patel said years of collaboration have made it easier for the cast to take creative risks together.
Patel summed up that working spirit this way: “all of us want to do the best we can, so we just trust each other and it’s magic.” The interview’s final group segment, featuring George H. Xanthis, Noah James and Shahar Isaac, returned to the same idea: THE CHOSEN has grown in scale, but the people making it still approach the work as a collaborative community.
That may be the clearest thread running through the team’s comments on THE CHOSEN: LAST SUPPER. The season moves toward the most recognizable events in the Gospel accounts, but the cast and creator believe those events become more meaningful when audiences can see the people, relationships and costly obedience within them.
Season 5 was released theatrically in three parts in the spring of 2025. Movieguide® awarded THE CHOSEN: LAST SUPPER – PART 2 the Epiphany Prize® for Inspiring Movies at the 2026 Movieguide® Awards Gala.
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