Armie Hammer likens himself to Jesus post-cancellation

compared the struggles he went through after being canceled over sexual abuse allegations to the trials and tribulations of Jesus Christ in a bizarre new interview.

While speaking to The Hollywood Reporter this week, the 39-year-old actor made the comparison while recounting how his father, Michael Armand Hammer, urged him to fight back against the allegations that derailed his once-promising career.

'He was furious,' Hammer said. '"I’m going to call this person, I’m going to do this, we have to make sure they know this." He really wanted to go on the offensive.'

But Hammer — who revealed in the same interview — wanted to take a public position that would make him appear meek, in which he compared himself to Jesus. 

'I said: "Look, dude, I’m already on the cross,"' Hammer recounted. '"The nails are in my hands. I’m not getting off this cross no matter what we do. And the more I struggle, the longer I’m going to be up here."'

Hammer had been accused in 2021 of violently while multiple other women accused him of sexual and emotional and psychological abuse, which he has denied.

Around the same time, text messages allegedly sent by him were leaked by his ex-girlfriend Efrosina Angelova, and they revealed stomach-churning fantasies revolving around cannibalism.

While the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office revealed in 2023 that Hammer was under investigation, the case was eventually closed after the district attorney determined there wasn't enough evidence to charge the Call Me By Your Name star.