Lost's Jeremy Davies Playing Jesus Christ in American Gods

That's quite the part.

By Lucy O'Brien

Jeremy Davies, best known as the physicist Daniel Faraday in Lost, has just been cast as Jesus Christ in the TV adaptation of Neil Gaiman's American Gods.

EW has confirmed Davies has joined the cast which includes Gillian Anderson, Deadwood star Ian McShane The 100 actor Ricky Whittle, and Sucker Punch's Emily Browning.

Jeremy Davies in Lost

The Starz series is an adaptation of Neil Gaiman's sprawling novel, centered on a burgeoning conflict between the 'old and new gods' who live among regular human beings. American Gods will debut on Starz sometime next year, and Hannibal director David Slade will direct several episodes including the pilot.

Lucy O'Brien is an editor at IGN’s Sydney office. Follow her ramblings on Twitter.

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