'Ghost Soldier' star Jim Caviezel says audiences are hungry for heroes as he takes on intense new role

Jim Caviezel believes people are hungry for heroes as he gears up to take on his next movie role in "Ghost Soldier." Fox News Digital has an exclusive first look at the trailer.

"Ghost Soldier" follows a reclusive former special forces soldier and weapons developer (Caviezel) who is forced back into action when a powerful foreign corporation tries to seize his hometown’s land, according to the trailer.

Using his elite training and advanced weaponry, he wages a one-man war to protect his community.

In the action-packed trailer, Caviezel is seen protecting his community, the people within it and the land as he takes on a big corporation.

Caviezel told Fox News Digital that audiences are looking to watch people in roles who represent faith, duty, and personal responsibility.

MEL GIBSON WARNED JESUS ACTOR IN ‘PASSION OF THE CHRIST’ ROLE COULD COST HIM HOLLYWOOD CAREER "People want to see someone do the right thing, with all the odds stacked against them.

We saw this phenomenon with 'Sound of Freedom'.

Give them a hero who stands for what's true and audiences show up.

That hunger is still there," Caviezel said.

WATCH THE TRAILER: He went on to share that he connected with his character, Henry "Fitz" Fitzgerald, right away.

"I connected with Fitz right away because he's a hero.

He's a Green Beret who serves his country, and he lives by a moral code he won't break," he said.

"He can't walk away from an injustice, whatever it costs him.

I love a good action film, too.