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[Also: Why So Many Conservative Christians Wanted a 'Pagan Brawler' in the White House] Also: Why So Many Conservative Christians Wanted a 'Pagan Brawler' in the White House | [View online]( [ChristianityToday.org]( [Christianity Today Weekly Newsletter]( Friday, November 17, 2017 ENTERTAINMENT [Do We Need Another Denzel Washington Christ Figure?]( CT asks the actor about his latest movie and Hollywood's ongoing quest to score the faith audience. Alicia Cohn To churchgoers, Denzel Washington comes across as the ideal movie star. An Oscar winner accepted among the mainstream elite, he is also open, even evangelical, about his Christian beliefs. In person, the 62-year-old speaks like a Pentecostal preacher about both Christ and his new movie, Roman J. Israel, Esq. He says the legal drama, like many other projects in his repertoire, is influenced by his faith. "I'm doing what God told me to do from the beginning." 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