Actor Jim Caviezel has defended the film Sound of Freedom, in which he has a lead role, amid criticism it is linked to the baseless QAnon conspiracy theory.
In a July 11 edition of The Charlie Kirk Show, hosted by Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, Caviezel addressed claims that he and the Sound of Freedom were "QAnon adjacent."
The film is based on the story of Operation Underground Railroad founder Tim Ballard and tells the story of the fight against child sex trafficking, primarily in the Western Hemisphere.
Ballard has distanced the movie from any ties to QAnon, branding such allegations as "sick."
Caviezel said he was unaware of the QAnon conspiracy theory while the movie was being filmed in 2018 and added the film was unrelated to it.
But during the podcast, Caviezel compared people who believe in the theory to Christians persecuted by the Pharisees—an ancient Jewish group mentioned in the Bible.
Caviezel correctly stated there had been ties between the KKK and members of Congress but erroneously stated Congressmen had not gone after them or Nazis "only the QAnon."
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He added: "Now, by way of analogy, if I were the apostle Saul (Paul) and I'm a Pharisee, I'm going to go after the Christians and take them down. Now, let's remove Christians and make it QAnon, I'm going to destroy them because the Romans told me they are evil.
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