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The Babylon Bee

Kevin Sorbo Talks Being A Conservative Christian in Hollywood

The Babylon Bee

Seth Dillon

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Comedy

4.42.9K Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2020

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

This is The Babylon Bee Interview Show.

Be sure to check out The Babylon Bee YouTube Channel for more podcasts, podcast shorts, animation, and more.

In this episode, Kyle and Ethan talk to Kevin Sorbo. An outspoken actor, producer, and director, Kevin is perhaps best known for playing Hercules and, in Christian circles, for playing the angry atheist professor in God’s Not Dead. Kevin and his wife Sam have a new book together called True Faith: Embracing Adversity to Live in God's Light. Kyle and Ethan talk to Kevin about how he found true strength after suffering a stroke, married the Golden Hind, and now works to make movies that aren’t just for Christian audiences, but for everyone.

Topics Discussed

  • Golfing with Donald Trump and Jesse Ventura
  • Hercules being the top show on television
  • Having a stroke and going from Hercules to mere mortal
  • Kull The Conqueror
  • Don’t go to Dr. Die or Dr. Slaughter
  • Writing True Strength and becoming a speaker
  • Kissing stunt doubles
  • Conservative, Christian heterosexual and looking for work in Hollywood
  • Protect the sea turtle eggs, abort the fetuses?
  • Kevin is working on a new show The World According To Billy Potwin
  • Making movies that aren’t just for one audience
  • Sorbo’s other recent work: Let There Be Light, What If…, God’s Not Dead, Miracle In East Texas
  • Mask politics
  • ANTIFA
  • Marrying the Golden Hind
  • Disappointed!
  • Hercules crew working on LOTR
  • Bad TV props
  • True Faith

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Real People Real Interviews

0:04.0

I just have to say that I object

0:07.0

Strain you as late to your use of the word Galarius.

0:10.0

Hard-hitting questions.

0:12.0

What do you think about feminism?

0:14.0

Do you like it?

0:15.0

Taking you to the cutting edge of truth.

0:18.0

Yeah, well last Jedi is one of the worst movies ever made

0:21.0

and it was very clear that Ryan Johnson doesn't like Star Wars.

0:25.0

Kyle pulls no punches.

0:27.0

I want to ask how you're able to sleep at night.

0:30.0

Ethan brings bone-shattering common sense from the top rope.

0:35.0

He finds me. How double dare you?

0:38.0

This is the Babylon B interview show.

0:45.0

All right everyone. Welcome to the Babylon B interview show.

0:49.0

Kyle? Ethan, the most importantly.

0:52.0

Kevin Sorbo. Kevin Sorbo. He's here.

0:55.0

He's not just on Sky.

0:57.0

I was waiting for a big introduction but not all of those.

1:00.0

Yeah, he does that booming voice.

1:02.0

I'm listening to your audio look right now and you sound like Batman.

1:05.0

They should have made me Batman.

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