Casting Crowns frontman Mark Hall initially didn’t want a movie made about his band. And if one were ever made — he says, jokingly — he wanted Russell Crowe, Denzel Washington, or Morgan Freeman to portray him.
“I don’t have any car chases or shootouts in my story,” he says, laughing.
Eventually, though, Hall did relent to the idea … sort of. Hall agreed to have the Casting Crowns’ history re-told in a documentary that spotlights not only the band’s history but — more importantly — the stories behind the songs. The film also includes live performances of some of their most popular tunes.
That documentary, Casting Crowns: Home By Sunday, debuts in theaters on Nov. 30.
“I finally told them, I said, ‘If you make the film about the songs, and we can tell the stories of people who’ve been impacted by the songs, I think there’s something to tell there,” Hall told Christian Headlines.
“And as I started telling my story, I started realizing, ‘Okay, there’s stuff in here, too. Being an LD [learning disabilities] kid that never wanted to be in front, but God made me get out front — that was a pretty big deal,” Hall said, referencing his early diagnosis of…
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