This film or show by Mel Gibson came up once on Joe Rogan in the episodes we index. That mention was a genuine on-air recommendation, not just a passing reference. The people who brought it up: Joe Eszterhas. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
Every time it came up
Joe Rogan Experience #2508 - Joe Eszterhas
“like uh The Passion of the Christ for instance. That was a huge movie... in my mind, um, it was like a prayer, you know, the, uh, I watch it each Good Friday.”— Joe Eszterhas
The guest here is Joe Eszterhas: Hungarian-born screenwriter behind Basic Instinct, Showgirls, Flashdance and 18 produced films, and a former crime/civil-rights reporter who became one of Hollywood's highest-paid writers. A throat-cancer survivor and devout Christian, now 81. Legendary screenwriter Joe Eszterhas tells Joe Rogan how a real-life affair and crime-beat years birthed Basic Instinct, his Christian conversion, and wild Hunter Thompson and Jimi Hendrix stories.
