Riccardo Scamarcio (born 1979) is a leading Italian actor and producer who rose to fame in the cult romantic drama Three Steps Over Heaven (2004). He transitioned to international acclaim playing the antagonist in John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017) and appearing in Kenneth Branagh’s A Haunting in Venice (2023).
Barabbas, the criminal that the Jewish leaders induced the populace to vote to set free, so that Christ could be crucified, is haunted by the image of Jesus for the rest of his life.