Baldwin: Avatar like finding Jesus
Stephen Baldwin: Avatar like finding Jesus
Wednesday, 06, Jan 2010 09:10
By Lewis Bazley.
Actor Stephen Baldwin has compared his born-again Christianity to the experience of watching James Cameron's Avatar.
The Celebrity Big Brother 7 contestant and Usual Suspects actor is the director of his own ministry - the Breakthrough Ministry - which preaches in arenas across the US, and is permitted the use of the Bible for one hour per day while in the Big Brother house.
The 43-year-old has already said a prayer of grace before housemates' meals and has now told fellow contestants that finding God could be compared to watching a 3D blockbuster, after a conversation with Swedish DJ Basshunter.
"The thing that blew me away because it's most relevant to my Christian walk was when [Basshunter] said: 'In the first 50 minutes it takes a bit of getting used to and then after that it's the greatest experience you can have'," Stephen explained.
Actress Stephanie Beacham greeted Stephen's exclamation with a hug as the rest of the housemates applauded.
However, businesswoman and former Hollywood 'madam' Heidi Fleiss appears unconvinced by Stephen, later saying in the diary room she saw him as a "bit of an idiot".
Meanwhile, Alex Reid, best known as Katie Price's on-off boyfriend, told R 'n' B singer Sisqo that he had not chased fame, adding: "It can creep up on you."