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>> incredibly passionate men. >> reporter: father william worked intimately with gibson during the making of "the passion of the christ" translating the script. >> during the editing process i would frequently meet in his office usually on a friday afternoon. and i would say mass for him. and for him it was a deeply spiritual experience. it was for me as well. >> reporter: was he going through a spiritual crisis at the time? >> in the last maybe 20 years, at one of the artistic thing mel is struggling with is also a personal struggle, which is, does suffering have a redemptive value? and i thi...

>> during the editing process i would frequently meet in his office usually on a friday afternoon. and i would say mass for him. and for him it was a deeply spiritual experience. it was for me as well. >> reporter: was he going through a spiritual crisis at the time? >> in the last maybe 20 years, one of the artistic thing mel is struggling with is also a personal struggle, which is, does suffering have a redemptive value? and i think this is -- this theme is in all of his recent movies, certainly in "braveheart" the man at the height of suffering screams "freedom". >> freedom! >> that's somet...

most complicated, infuriating, talented star hollywood has ever produced. >> reporter: from "mad max" -- >> don't get mad at me. >> reporter: -- to "maverick," "lethal weapon" to "braveheart" he was "what women want" and what men want to be. >> you're like a genius, you know that. >> can i tell you, buddy, i'm blessed. >> reporter: but the audience's love affair with mel gibson would take a turn for the worse on this highway. caught driving drunk, he mouthed off to police. now upstaged by his profanity-laced telephone rant. >> you like a [ bleep ] on heat and if you get raped by a pa...

superstar. >> mel gibson! >> he got out of the gate fast. i mean, you have a good looking guy who could act. >> an actor and academy award winning director and producer whose films have taken in billions at the box office. >> i feel like a hundred bucks. >> mel gibson is probably the most complicated, infuriating, talented star hollywood has ever produced. >> reporter: from "mad max" -- >> don't get mad aat me. >> reporter: to "maverick," "lethal weapon" to "braveheart" he was "what women want" and what men want to be. >> you're like a genius, you know that. >> can i tell you, bud y ...

winning director and producer whose films have taken in billions at the box office. >> i feel like a hundred bucks. >> mel gibson is probably the most complicated, fascinating, infewerating, talented star hollywood has ever produced. >> reporter: from "mad max" -- >> don't get mad at me. >> reporter: "to maverick." >> do you really want to jump? >> reporter: "lethal weapon" to "braveheart" he was "what women want" and what men want to be. >> you're like a genius, you know that. >> can i tell you, buddy, i'm blessed. >> reporter: but the audience's love affair with mel gibson would ta...