Reports claiming Pope Francis “will play himself” in an upcoming film have been refuted by the Vatican’s Prefect of the Secretariat for Communications, Monsignor Dario Edoardo Viganò, reported Vatican Radio.
On Monday, ENVI Pictures, a film production company, issued a statement saying the Argentine Pontiff will appear in the film “Beyond the Sun.”
“The Pope,” the prefect stressed in response to this claim, “is not an actor.”
Msgr. Viganò explained that no scenes for the movie were filmed “on purpose,” but he did not exclude “as has happened before, video clips of the Pope could appear in the film.”
Any profits from the film are being used to support two Argentinian charities for children.
