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Kelsey Grammer Dons Herod's Crown

By Rod Anderson, CP Cartoonist
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 "Killing Jesus," premiering this month on the National Geographic Channel, is based on the best-selling book of the same name by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard. In the television dramatization, the described "great king and warrior" Herod the Great is portrayed by Emmy Award-winning actor Kelsey Grammer — long admired by fans for his television persona Dr. Frasier Crane.

Grammer ("Cheers," "Frasier") was noted as saying during a press event by the Los Angeles Times that Herod "wasn't necessarily evil — he was just a guy who had to do some despicable things to maintain a balance of power."

Read more at http://www.christianpost.com/news/kelsey-grammer-plays-diseased-tyrant-herod-the-great-in-national-geographics-killing-jesus-photos-135126/

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