Ewan McGregor portrays both the characters of Yeshua (Jesus) and Lucifer. As such, McGregor brought his long-time stunt double, Nash Edgerton, to learn and recite the lines opposite him while filming scenes wherein these two characters interact.
Ewan McGregor is now the third Star Wars veteran to play Jesus. The role was previously played by Max von Sydow in The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) and Kenneth Colley in Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979).
Ayelet Zurer and Ewan McGregor also starred in 2009 blockbuster Angels and Demons
Hinds and Zurer were also both in "Munich"
In 2018, it was reported that man from Utah gifted his devout Mormon mother with a picture of Ewan McGregor, which she used as a portrait of Jesus to decorate her house. However, the picture was not of McGregor as he appears in this film, but as Obi-Wan Kenobi.