It was a really special project to be part of. And then to have it open at number three at the box office that weekend was completely unexpected. And then afterwards, to have it be recognized the way it was is amazing. I have so many great memories of being on that set and being a part of that film. Having everyone pray over me was just a really special experience. So, I felt a lot of pressure and was scared and excited.
My hope was I could deliver a really thorough and accurate performance because the movie sort of hinged on that one scene. I ran into a gentleman in the lobby the morning we were going to film it on my way to to work and I just asked him to pray over me, that I would be able to deliver a good performance and have God speak through me and hopefully touch someone’s heart. There was a courtroom scene where I have to break down and declare that Jesus is my Savior.
It was really cool to have discussions on set and have people praying over me for my performance. Having people around like that with that kind of knowledge was really special. It was really special to kind of pick their brains. It started out more like filmmaking and then it did turn into a bit of a Bible study because we had some apologetics professors on the set. It was all very positive.Īnd then doing the movie I wasn’t sure if (the experience) was going to be more like filmmaking or more like Bible study. It was then that I learned about the following that it had and how people sort of came to its rescue and watched it after the fact and spread the word about it. I saw the first one only after finding out about the part I was being considered for on the second one. I think of all my pre-conceived notions of what it might be. When that film comes to mind and being part of that particular project what do you think of? But a lot of Christian movie fans know your work from God’s Not Dead 2. The discs contain never seen behind the scenes video, original music videos by Safe Haven and Tricia Brock, as well as a thought-provoking look at student rights on university campuses.ĬBN.com recently spoke to Melissa Joan Hart about being a Christian working in a sometimes unforgiving movie industry, the unique set she worked on during God’s Not Dead 2, and perhaps her most important role, being the mother to three active, growing boys.Ī lot of people recognize you from many television projects that you have worked on over the years, including Melissa & Joey, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, and Clarissa Explains It All. God’s Not Dead 2, which earned more than $20 million dollars at the box office, is part of a new God’s Not Dead video box set that recently came out on home video. Faith movie audiences will certainly remember her as embattled school teacher Grace Wesley in 2016 movie release God’s Not Dead 2. Most people will remember Melissa Joan Hart from a variety of popular television shows she starred in during the 1990s, including Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Clarissa Explains It All, and more recently Melissa & Joey.