Bulgarian Hristo Shopov, already known around the world as Pontius Pilate from Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ", has joined yet another Hollywood hit.

Shopov will star along with his colleague passionist James Caviezel (Jesus Christ) in the "I Am David" movie of director Paul Feig.

The beginning of the movie was shot in Bulgaria. I Am David is adapted from Anne Holm's internationally acclaimed novel North to Freedom. It is the story of a 12-year-old boy, David, who escapes a Communist concentration camp with little more than a compass, a sealed letter, a loaf of bread, and instructions to carry the letter to Copenhagen, Denmark.

David is thrust into the free world for the first time in his young life as he travels across Europe. It is a spiritual voyage of discovery, where David slowly loses his instinctual mistrust of humanity and begins to smile, share, trust and ultimately, love. I Am David addresses the cruelties, politics, and suffering of warfare while celebrating the resilience of youth and the unbreakable spirit of a child.

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