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A screenwriter has sued Mel Gibson and his production company, claiming he was misled by the actor-director into accepting a small payment for writing The Passion of the Christ, and was refused extra money when the film became a blockbuster. Benedict Fitzgerald said when he was asked to write a script about Jesus Christ's crucifixion, Gibson promised he would not receive any money from the film and any profit would be distributed to people who worked on it.
