It's one of the most directly religious examples of development hell film production has ever seen.
The Big Picture Development hell has been a concept for as long as films have been in production, but in the case of Martin Scorsese’s The Last Temptation of Christ, that hell manifested itself in a startlingly religious form as, according to an interview with Film Comment, increasing budgets and religious protests challenged the hopes of a wide release while it was being produced.
Who Does Willem Dafoe Play in 'The Last Temptation of Christ'? Here’s the thing… just because an artist like Nikos Kazantzakis or Martin Scorsese attempted to offer a new perspective on Jesus doesn’t mean that they intended blasphemy by any means. Kazantzakis was Greek Orthodox while Scorsese is known for his Catholic beliefs.
Why Did It Take Martin Scorsese Six Years To Read the Novel? According to his interview with Film Comment mentioned above, there’s a more obvious reason that Martin Scorsese struggled to make The Last Temptation beyond the pushback he received from religious groups. That reason is that the novel, running at an intimidating 500+ pages, took the filmmaker a full six years just to finish it! It was given to him by actor Barbara Hershey, who portrayed Magdalene in the finished film, in 1972.
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