“I hate what he’s become”: Who is Donal, Mel Gibson’s younger brother, whom no one has heard from for five years and who accuses the actor of ending his career as a framer?

Complete success was achieved by Mel Gibson in the mecca of cinema with his films, including “Braveheart”, which then added five Oscars.

But behind his fame and all that he has achieved, there is a family story that few know, the estrangement of one of his ten brothers, Donal, with whom he has not spoken for more than five years.

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Donal Gibson is two years younger than Mel, who is 67 today. The brother and sister do not get along and Donal decided to break his silence in an exclusive interview with Mail Online.

He did this just after he found out that the director and producer of the film was also preparing a sequel to “The Passion of the Christ”.

In an exclusive for the British media, Donal recalled how he grew up with Mel Gibson and two twin brothers who were their contemporaries.

“When we were children we shared a bedroom, we did everything together. It’s unbelievable to me that we don’t talk, that we’re not in contact,” he said.

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Their closeness was so great that even though the actor was starting to gain fame, Donal was happy for him and couldn’t wait to follow in his footsteps. That’s how he worked with his brother in the film “Brave heart”.

“He was my best friend. When he became famous there was no jealousy. I was happy for him, proud that he succeeded. Fame changed him,” he said.

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Although his name is less well-known than that of the Oscar-winning actor, Donal has been involved in the industry with small roles in films starring his brother such as “Braveheart”, “Conspiracy” and “Maverick”, and in others such as “Paparazzi “, “Casualties of MAHI” and “One”.

But his distance from Mel Gibson came some time after the production of “The Passion of the Christ,” a film that grossed more than $600 million and brought him multiple criticisms for being “anti-Semitic.”

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The Hollywood star did not care about negative comments, while on the other hand, his brother Donal began to feel rejected and excluded in the film industry and at work, according to British media.

“Hollywood ate it up and spat it out. For me, fame, money, everything went to his head and he created a monster. I hate what it has become,” he said.

After several voice roles in the films “ReBoot”, “Justice League Unlimited” and the most famous role of John Smith in the Disney film “Pocahontas II: Voyage to the New World”, his situation became so critical that he decided to ask Mel Gibson for financial help. help, but the actor turned his back on him, he said Online mail.

“Your problems are your own,” is the answer Donal remembered from his brother, whom he admired from a young age.

Although “The Passion of the Christ” is considered the highest-grossing film in film history and brought Mel Gibson millions of dollars in the blink of an eye, the film contributed to the breakup of the family with his brother Donal feeling excluded because of “his brother’s sin.”

“I had a regular job before ‘The Passion of the Christ,’ but I think people thought Mel was anti-Semitic, so they thought I was too. I think they blacklisted me. “Mel was fine because he had millions in the bank,” he said.

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In this regard, Donal recalls that he was denied a speaking role in a Hollywood film because the actor who was going to play the lead part had a falling out with Mel Gibson, and that even his agent abandoned him.

“I worked with big studios like Warner Brothers and Disney. It stopped overnight,” said Donal, who claims families “look out for each other”, something that doesn’t seem to be happening to his famous brother.

Now he just wants to get back to dubbing work, a door that was almost completely closed to him.

He also wrote the book “Resurrection: Tales Of Family, Madness, Mayhem And Surviving The Gibson Rage”, but there is no publisher interested in it yet. material. (AND)