![]() I wasn't a pothead, as we used to call it – I was sort of a standard alcoholic yahoo. (Laughs.) I had long hair, I was a surfer, but I also was a pretty dedicated scholar. I was squarish, but I also thrived in the more current movements of my generation at the time. Were you a "square" growing up, as they say in the film? Or were you more of a hippie? His (Calvary Chapel) church branched into 1,000 churches around the country, and it still exists. Christian contemporary music is going gangbusters, and (the Jesus movement) put that at his doorstep. It became a great adventure, which is still going on. He said, "You show me a hippie and I'll listen." Sure enough, it became a very dynamic relationship between him and Lonnie Frisbee. He thought, "Well, I'm doing it this way and people aren't listening," so he finally surrendered. Kelsey Grammer: What Chuck did went back to one of the basic precepts of Christianity, which is inclusion. Question: What did you find most radical about the way Chuck welcomed the counterculture into the church? He tells us more about the movie and his scrapped ABC comedy with Alec Baldwin, who is facing charges of involuntary manslaughter in a shooting death on the "Rust" movie set. "They were energized and optimistic, and I thought that was a great thing to see," says Grammer, 68, who will next star in the Paramount+ revival of "Frasier" later this year. Watch: 'The Chosen's Jonathan Roumie turns hippie in 'Jesus Revolution' 'I really loved her': Kelsey Grammer explains how 'Frasier' revival honors Kirstie Alley ![]() Grammer himself was raised Christian Scientist and remembers the "Jesus movement" of the 1960s and '70s. In the faith-based film, Grammer portrays real-life pastor Chuck Smith, who with the help of street preacher Lonnie Frisbee (Jonathan Roumie) reignited his struggling church by inviting young hippies and rock music into the fold. She was just dissolved in tears and said, 'It's the best thing you've ever done.' " Don't believe him? Just ask his wife, Kayte Walsh. Kelsey Grammer won five Emmys and three Golden Globes for his work in "Frasier," "The Simpsons" and "Boss."īut the decorated actor says his greatest work might be the Christian drama "Jesus Revolution" (in theaters Friday).
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