The Chosen in the Wild

Rated TV-G • Prime Video

The Chosen in the Wild is hosted by everyone’s favorite survivalist Bear Grylls, and in this series he’s bringing folks from The Chosen television show on cross-country adventures. Episodes feature the actors who play Jesus, Judas, Matthew, Andrew, and Mary Magdalene, along with the show’s creator Dallas Jenkins.

Grylls sticks with the formula he perfected with his long-running series Running Wild With Bear Grylls, in which he takes notable actors and actresses and tests the boundaries of their comfort zone by making them trek across an inhospitable, yet beautiful, bit of countryside. In this series, Grylls and his guests visit various American wildernesses from Utah’s Castle Valley to New York’s Adirondacks. But in this new series, Grylls is free to talk about his faith in Christ and ask his guests about their own spiritual backgrounds.

The Chosen in the Wild is like an interview show that takes place while the guests climb over and around obstacles. As Grylls and his guests trek through the wilderness, Grylls asks them about their lives, their faith, and their thoughts on what it’s like to work on The Chosen. The audience gets to see their personalities and learn who they are as people. There are definitely some touching moments as they share their stories.

However, sometimes when the actors talk about the motivations of the biblical characters they portray, they can get a little speculative. Also, the moments in which Grylls offers his guests supposedly spontaneous survival tips feel a little staged. And even though the show is rated TV-G, there’s some toilet talk that might leave some viewers cringing.

Even so, for fans of Bear Grylls or fans of The Chosen—and there’s plenty of overlap in those groups—The Chosen in the Wild will be fun to watch. Where else can you see some of the most beautiful parts of God’s creation while listening to people talk about their faith journeys as they inspire us to test our physical limits?