New adventure series launches with cast of “The Chosen”

Adventurer Bear Grylls, host of the popular series “Man vs. Wild,” is teaming up with the producers of “The Chosen” for a new unscripted series.

In “The Chosen in the Wild with Bear Grylls, he will take the cast and crew of “The Chosen” on wilderness adventures. It will feature Paras Patel (Matthew), Elizabeth Tabish (Mary Magdalene), Luke Dimyan (Judas) and director Dallas Jenkins.

“I’m proud to be here,” he said. “I always feel the real star of it all, to be honest, is the wild. The wild does my job for me. It opens people up. There’s a vulnerability and a connection with people when you adventure with them for a day or so that you’re never going to get on a stage, on a red carpet or on a chat show where it’s a performance.”

The cast will face its fears and challenges together.

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“You come through difficult times,” Grylls said. “You talk about the struggles. What was it like at the beginning? Did you ever think this sort of thing would be happening? You know, how’s your family been on that journey? All the stuff that all of us really want to know, with the characters and the stars that we know and love. You’re going to love these episodes and the insights to these beautiful human beings who are part of the cast. We’re going to have fun.”

He previously released a devotional, “Soul Fuel,: and a biography, “Mud, Sweat and Tears,” in which he discussed his faith.

“I think the only thing I was ever any good at in my life when I was a little kid was jumping off stuff and climbing up stuff, always getting muddy,” Grylls said. “I’m so grateful to the Almighty to have a job that I love. It’s never felt like a job. It led me to the highest mountain in the world, to Everest, eventually through the military, through the British Special Forces, and then eventually on to` Man vs. Wild’ and the `Running Wild’-type shows where we take these superstars away.”

–Alan Goforth | Metro Voice