Jonathan Roumie on making 'The Chosen' in North Texas
Nov 13, 2026
Well, you know, we built everything ourselves,
like, I mean, I didn't personally have a shovel
or anything like that, but like,
like it was on the property that we leased. And we, you know,
we went from renting a studio
that had some standing sets that was kind of.
Great for what we had at the time,
but also small and tightened spaces, and we had to repurpose
in a lot of different ways to make it look different.
All of a sudden, you know, we got blessed with provisions
to build a facility, like several stages,
and then an entire village, and it's now like a working movie set.
And, and.
It's just the production value by the grace of God has
been incrementally, exponentially increased throughout every season,
and it's just been amazing to see.
I was looking at some videos the other day
of being at the Midlothian site as they were…
Just putting up the structures, the spring structures,
which are the stages, those big stages.
And remembering, just seeing the ground all dug up
and walking around with Dallas and just saying,
this is going to be our new home.
We're going to create the rest of the show here.
It was like before season three, or I think after season three.
I agree.
And it was just so exciting.
And then to see what it turned into, it's just unbelievable.
So much artistry and craftsmanship.
You've got the best crews in the world
and best artisans painstakingly giving their time
and their energy and their talent to telling the story.

