'Innocence of Muslims' Actress Cindy Lee Garcia Speaks out on 'Unreal' Film [VIDEO]

The highly-controversial amateur anti-Muslim film "Innocence of Muslims" has caused recent protest uproars throughout Egypt and Libya, resulting in the death of U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other U.S. citizens in the city of Benghazi on Tuesday. While little is known about the supposed filmmaker Sam Bacile (some even believe that name's a pseudonym) California actress Cindy Lee Garcia, who appears in numerous clips of the film posted online, has spoken out about her involvement in the film. According to Garcia, the entire experience seemed eerily "unreal."

As reported by Reuters, Garcia claims that the movie was filmed inside of a L.A. church in the summer of 2011, involving about 50 actors. Everything was videotaped in front of a green screen.

"It looks so unreal to me, it's like nothing that we even filmed was there. There was all this weird stuff there," Garcia said in a recent interview. Garcia and fellow amateur actors were under the impression that they were responding to casting calls for a film to be titled "Desert War." An expired notice described the premise of a low-budget "historical Arabian Desert adventure film."

"They told me it was based on what it was like 2,000 years ago at the time of the Lord. Like the time Christ was here," Garcia said.

Check out an interview with Garcia below, as she describes how she felt she was duped:

Supposed filmmaker Bacile formerly identified himself to the media as an Israeli-American property developer. But according to Steven Klein, who considers himself a spokesman for the film: "I've met him twice, I don't know what country he's from. I do know he's not an Israeli Jew and I can only guess he threw that out to protect his family, which I do know is back in the Middle East."

In the film "Innocence of Muslims," the Muslim Prophet is portrayed as engaging in very crude and offensive behavior. The movie trailer (posted on YouTube) has gained worldwide attention, sparking a number of outraged protests in the Muslim community.

Garcia reflects on the filmmaker whom she also remembers by the name Sam Bacile - an older man with graying hair and an accent. She was paid for her services with a check. Garcia claims she called Bacile on Wednesday after hearing about the protests in Libya, asking, "Why did he do that and put me in a bad position to where all these people get killed for a movie I was in?" Bacile supposedly told her none of it was her fault - it was his choice to write and produce such a radical script.

Garcia would like her named cleared of any involvement with the offensive film, claiming she would never intentionally bash anyone's religion or nationality.

Watch the trailer here: