Mark Burnett & Roma Downey on why they created “The Bible”

Tinsel Talk: The Bible
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Jamaal Finkley sits down with husband-and-wife team Mark Burnett (Survivor, The Voice, Celebrity Apprentice, Shark Tank, The Job) and Roma Downey (Touched by an Angel) to discuss their 10-hour, five-part HISTORY miniseries THE BIBLE. Mark and Roma were kind enoug to invite me out to their Malibu residence to talk about why did they get involved with this series, and how do they measure success.

“The Bible” executive producers Mark Burnett and Roma Downey say the notion that the devil in the miniseries is supposed to resemble President Obama is “utter nonsense.” The miniseries set Twitter aflame Sunday night because the actor playing the devil looks the way the president might in several years. Obama’s critics jested about the resemblance, while his supporters wondered if the casting was intended as propaganda. “This is utter nonsense,” Burnett and Downey said in a statement Monday. “The actor who played Satan, Mehdi Ouzaani, is a highly acclaimed Moroccan actor.

Segment Journalist: Jamaal Finkley, Twitter @JamaalFinkley

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