Netflix’s Mary—a new biblical film about the mother of Jesus Christ that began streaming today—will transform viewers back to the year 20 BCE. That’s thanks to the film’s on-location shoot in ancient, abandoned villages in Morocco, and also, apparently, thanks to an old Ridley Scott set that Mary borrowed for King Herod’s palace in Jerusalem.
Directed by D.J. Caruso, with a screenplay written by Timothy Michael Hayes, Mary is a retelling of the biblical story of a young Jewish girl, Mary (played by Noa Cohen), who is chosen by God to be “the vessel of the Messiah.” But as word spreads of a new, God-chosen leader, the tyrannical King Herod (played by two-time Oscar-winner Anthony Hopkins) does everything in his power to prevent the coming of the Lord’s son.
For director Caruso, it was important to build a set to match King Herod’s ambition, opulence and greed. In an interview
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