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Brandon Michael Hall who is the star of the new uplifting drama ‘God Friended Me” says, “its not a religious show,” nor is it “preachy.
During an interview on CBS This Morning, Hall who stars as atheist Miles Finer in the series explained, “It’s more of a spiritual show.”
“It’s more questioning the ultimate question, which is: is there something greater than ourselves? And if there is, how do we make sure we can make a change before they friend us on Facebook?” Hall told the co-hosts.
On the show that premieres Sept. 30th on CBS, Hall’s father (played by Joe Morton) is a Pastor. This isn’t far from Hall’s own personal life. Growing up he traveled with his mother who was a Pastor.
“I got into acting from being at church all the time,” Hall said. “I would sit and watch the preacher and be rapt in how he would take the ancient text and people would go off and talk about it and come back changed and feeling different. Then when I went to the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities, I remember I was doing a play, and there was two people in the front row, and they were watching like this, the same way that I was watching the pastor. And that was that moment I was like, I’m doing something, I’m connecting, I’m reaching people. Found a purpose.”
God Friended Me is a humorous, uplifting drama about an outspoken atheist whose life is turned upside down when he receives a friend request on social media from God and unwittingly becomes an agent of change in the lives and destinies of others around him.
