What if the greatest story ever told felt deeply personal again? In this Easter-focused conversation, Dallas Jenkins shares how he is bringing the resurrection of Jesus Christ to life in upcoming seasons of The Chosen. With intimacy and emotional depth, Jenkins reveals his own faith journey that reshaped his career, his creative and spiritual approach to the Savior’s final days, and what it truly means to celebrate Easter with joy that is both real and transformative.

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TIMECODE:

00:00 Easter - Dallas Jenkins
1:00 Welcome and Lisa gushes
2:10 Easter in the Jenkins family
5:04 Come, Follow Me Manual
6:35 Portraying the Crucifixion and Resurrection of Jesus
09:15 A gateway to testimony
11:34 Why does it have to be so brutal?
14:33 Getting to show what comes next
16:26 The biggest struggle in Season 5
20:53 How to portray the Road to Emmaus?
23:45 Who is the Jesus of popular expectation?
27:22 Dallas @ BYU
33:43 Measuring success
34:37 How to focus on Easter?
38:33 Dallas on LDS turf
42:42 Understanding through building a scene
44:58 Pool of Siloam
46:13 Jesus in his hometown and a joyous scene
48:03 Evangelical mascot for the LDS
50:31 The Chosen points to reading the scriptures
53:02 Watch Season 6 for the joy in Season 7
56:01 Personal challenges and teamwork with Amanda
59:41 Spouses supporting our ministry
1:01:12 Matthew and Peter
1:06:48 Ways to support Brother Jenkins
1:10:20 Which character surprised Dallas?
1:14:09 Jonathan isn’t Jesus and a Green Burrito
1:16:53 Actors being prepared by God
1:19:40 Red Sea Moments
1:21:30 Feeling chosen and its “not all rainbows and unicorns”
1:25:58 Ezekiel and Easter
1:28:05 Gratitude for Dallas’s testimony of Jesus Christ
1:30:47 End of Easter - Dallas Jenkins

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