Misidentification

A correspondent tells me that the picture I put on my earlier post about Simon Mccorkindale (B 1965) was not of him. He is in the video at 2.07 to 2.53. There are some other pictures of him in Jesus of Nazareth on a fan site dedicated to him here. The internet is an amazing thing!

By the way, my correspondent told me that she was having trouble leaving a comment on the blog. I have tried to enable comments, but if you have had trouble do e-mail (link on the right) to let me know and I'll see if I can work out what to do about it.

Why do you seek for the Living among the Dead?

Simon McCorkindale (B 1965) died over the weekend. According to the biographies, one of his first roles was in Franco Zefferelli's Jesus of Nazareth. He was the centurion, Lucius. It was not a big part and has not been simple to find, but I think this is him, hidden under a fluffy black beard, in charge of the party set to guard the tomb of Jesus. There is a YouTube clip of only this scene here, but it will not embed, so to view it directly you will have to scroll to 2:54 2.07 - 2.53 on the video below. I hope I might be excused two religious posts this weekend, but it seemed a very appropriate clip of Simon's work to offer in the face of death.