HOME actor Mike Vogel is eager for people to take away a message of helping others from the upcoming movie.
“I think it’s easy; you see someone who’s hungry and you’re like, ‘Oh, man, someone should feed that person, that’s sad,’” he said in an Instagram video. “But we have hands and feet, and I think the same way with foster kids and with orphans…the Bible gives the example to care for the widows and the fatherless.”
Vogel continued, “After people see this [movie] — not everyone is called [to become], or will be, a foster parent or adoptive parent, but we can all do something, you know, whether it’s serving on a weekend somewhere and giving some time helping the finances of an orphanage, or making the ultimate sacrifice and stepping in and being an adoptive parent, a foster parent, and I think that’s what I would love for people to walk away with.”
A synopsis of HOME, healmed by REAGAN and SOUL SURFER director Sean McNamara, reads, “A charismatic con man is sentenced to community service where an unexpected love story becomes a tale of courage as he risks everything to save an immigrant child to give the young boy the Home he never had.”
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The movie’s story is inspired by the life of George Müller, who cared for more than 10,000 orphans before his death in 1898.
In addition to Vogel, Alexa PenaVega, Dennis Haysbert, Devon Franklin and Lincoln Fox are also set to star in HOME.
“I have a big heart for children,” PenaVega said of what drew her to the project. “I love children. I’m the oldest of seven kids, so we have a big family, and I have four myself. We’re at a time where trafficking is just…I feel like at an all-time high, and people are becoming so much more aware of it.”
The actress explained that the movie will “hopefully” be “really important” and “impactful for people.”
“We all have an opportunity to jump in and do something in some way or another, whether you’re bringing a voice to the cause, whether you’re volunteering with people, whether you’re helping a foster family,” PenaVega said. “There’s so many different ways that we can be involved with helping children.”
HOME will premiere sometime in 2027.
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