New Movie Tells Life Story of Luis Palau, the 'Billy Graham of Latin America'
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- It's a movie sure to inspire.
The life story of evangelist Luis Palau.
From humble beginnings inArgentina to the world stage,
where he's reached millions for Christ.
We sat down with the actorwho plays Luis, Gaston Pauls,
to find out what the experience was like.
We'll get to that, but first,here's how the two men met
and came together to work on this project.
- I met him a long, longtime ago, in Buenos Aires.
- It was at one of Luis'famous festivals, Gaston,
a well-known actor and TVpersonality in Latin America,
was there to make a documentary.
- So I went there, not to talk with Luis,
but to talk with the audience,
because I was reallycurious about this man.
How can he bring a lot ofpeople, maybe millions of people,
just to hear what he has to say?
So, I went there, I madethat TV show documentary,
and after that he called meon the phone just to say,
thank you for that documentarythat you did about me,
and maybe God one day willbring us together again.
Two years ago I receiveda phone call just to say
that they were thinking, Imean the Palau Association,
they were thinking aboutdoing a movie about his life
and they were consideringme for the main role.
- [Jenna] The movie beginswhen Luis is just a boy.
- [Radio Announcer] When thespirit of God tells you to go
don't you hesitate.
- [Jenna] As a young man hestarted by sharing God's word
on the radio and preaching on the streets.
- In the life I'm now living,the flesh I give my faith.
- [Jenna] Gaston plays him as an adult,
beginning a seminary in California.
- Always a real challengeto create a character,
but when you have to create a real man,
who is still living, it's more difficult
and you have to be very respectful.
- [Jenna] Before they started shooting,
he wanted to meet Luis face-to-face.
- So we met two years ago in Portland,
and I could see there his eyes,
I mean, everything is there,his humility, his humanity,
his way of talking, and he was there.
(speaking in Spanish)
- [Jenna] And that's whathe captures in these scenes
that follow the ups anddowns of Luis' story.
- Billy Graham.
- Pleasure to meet you.
- [Jenna] Luis wasinspired by Billy Graham,
who became his lifelong friend and mentor.
And just like the famousevangelist, God gave Luis
the ability to reach themasses for the Kingdom.
Gaston says picking upLuis' voice proved to be
one of the hardest parts of the role.
- He has a particular way of talking.
He talk like, hello Gaston, how are.
So I had to put my voice here.
- [Jenna] He remembers oneespecially challenging scene,
when he could no longer speak.
- I started to think,please, I can't believe this.
I can't believe.
Everyone was there, lookingat me, just thinking,
c'mon man, where's your voice?
So I started to pray,in front of the extras
and they were starting topray with me and maybe,
I can't remember exactlybut, 20 minutes after that,
my voice came back andbetter my voice was,
I mean, like never before, you know?
- [Jenna] Just like Luis' message,
Gaston says he hopes thismovie changes hearts.
- This movie can bring us, I hope,
the possibility of abetter world, you know?
A world with more light, with more hope.
- [Jenna] He says it changed his.
- Maybe it's one of themost important projects
in my whole life.
- [Jenna] Jenna Browder, CBN News.
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