Before I started working in film I played several biblical characters on stage. This time 11 years ago I was playing Simon of Cyrene, the man the Romans pulled out of the crowd to carry Jesus’ cross. It was in the CBC production, Amazing Love, and was the third and last time I would play that role. Four years later, though, I would play another Simon—Simon Peter—in a production of The Promise, a role I would reprise once more in 2018.