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"The actor who portrayed Jesus in the controversial video for Lady GaGa&amp;#039;s new single &amp;#039;Judas&amp;#039; has thanked the singer for giving him &amp;quot;freedom&amp;quot; to explore the role. Rick Gonzalez stars opposite GaGa in the video, which was co-directed by both GaGa and her creative director Laurieann Gibson. Gonzalez has said that that despite the overt pressure of starring in such an important music video, he was given &amp;quot;space&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;confidence&amp;quot; to make the role his own. &amp;quot;The beautiful thing about playing Jesus in the video was they really gave me the freedom to find it in my own way and they gave me a lot of confidence in that,&amp;quot; Gonzalez explained to MTV News. &amp;quot;I was really impressed in Laurieann&amp;#039;s direction and just giving me the space and letting me find it.&amp;quot; Gonzalez also teased potential future video collaborations between GaGa and Gibson, suggesting that they have already begun plans to work together again. &amp;quot;I think that you&amp;#039;re going to see a lot more amazing things with them because they totally have like this synergy with them,&amp;quot; the actor teased. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ve overheard them say they&amp;#039;re totally gonna do a lot more things together.&amp;quot; Watch Rick Gonzalez in the video for Lady GaGa&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Judas&amp;#039; below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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