“The Office” star Rainn Wilson is getting real about what he perceives as “anti-Christian bias” in the entertainment industry after a recent episode of HBO’s “The Last of Us” featured a priest Gone, whose character has been spoiled.
“I think there is an anti-Christian bias in Hollywood,” Wilson Tweeted Saturday. “As soon as David’s character on ‘The Last of Us’ started reading from the Bible, I knew he was going to be a terrifying villain. Could there be a Bible-reading preacher on the show who was actually loving?” And kind?”
Wilson, who played Dwight on the beloved sitcom and has previously opened up about being a follower of Bahai Faith, especially with David the pastor of a small Wyoming congregation, is introduced in “The Last of Us” episode 8 titled “When We’re in Need”.
After Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) first meet him, David’s character quickly takes a turn when the pair realize that his intentions are not as pure as one might imagine.
While Wilson’s tweet received a variety of responses, “Abbott Elementary” star Sherrill Lee Ralph, who plays Bible-loving Mrs. Howard on the ABC sitcom, used her character as a counterpoint to what Wilson described as bias. I did
“Teacher Not Preacher, Barbara Howard @AbbottElemABC,” Emmy Winner react sunday.
In the recent “Abbott Elementary” episode, Mrs. Howard feels uncomfortable when the mother of one of her students has a profanity tattooed on her chest, prompting her to list her favorite “B-words”. is found, which ranges from “Bible” to “Bible”. Blessing” to “Blueberry.”
One Twitter user supported Ralph’s assessment of the “Abbott Elementary” character.
“Not a preacher, but @thesherylralph Abbott Elementary comes to mind,” Amanda Kolstad wrote. “She’s a nuanced, flawed, deeply Christian character, but she learns. And not in a way that destroys her faith, she learns through her faith to lean into empathy, love, and compassion.
