I’ve got to tell you first off that this is not an April Fool’s joke. This is a real life morality tale coming out of Hollywood. Now, Hollywood isn’t typically the place where we often find tales of moral strength, on screen or in real life. But character actor Neal McDonough isn’t your typical actor.
He has one of those faces you know from television and movies. He’s probably most remembered for his roles in “Band of Brothers” and the movie “Minority Report.” Last year he had a recurring role on “Desperate Housewives” as the resident lunatic on Wisteria Lane and this year he landed a starring role on an ABC series. That’s a huge break for any actor.
But just this week, McDonough was suddenly replaced by another actor while filming “Scoundrels.” Why? Because McDonough refused to do some “heated love scenes” for the show…Continue reading at the National Catholic Register>>>
April 1, 2010 at 8:30 pm
Incredibly, there are people posting and complaining that he is a hypocrite for "playing a psycho murderer" yet refusing to rub up and down on a near naked woman who isn't his wife. Is it me or do people seem to be getting more confused between TV and reality? You don't really kill people when playing a villian on TV, right? But you do REALLY kiss and stuff when doing "sex scenes", right? Did I miss something?
Or maybe he really did kill a bunch of Germans in Band of Brothers?
April 1, 2010 at 8:48 pm
You've gotta love the logic of the people who are bashing Neal McDonough for supposedly being a hypocrite for playing murders and villians but refusing to do a love scene. Based on their logic, we could never have a reenactment of The Passion of Christ given that it would require certain actors to play villians. We also could never have a movie about the Holocaust. Of course, I believe the intent isn't so much to discourage any movie with a villian but rather to promote the idea that premarital, lustful behavior is perfectly acceptable and anyone who thinks otherwise is a "hypocrite".
The previous poster is absolutely correct that there is a difference in pretending to be a villian on-screen behaving in ways which are NOT being promoted and actually engaging in physical acts of lust, in which such behavior most often IS promoted. The reality equivalent to an actor doing a steamy love scene would be an actor playing a villain and intentionally shooting or harming someone in real life while playing the part, engaging in real violence AND insinuating that this is a normal and exciting way to behave.
April 2, 2010 at 2:15 am
Kind of funny, just finished watching him in Tinman.
April 2, 2010 at 3:00 pm
He didn't refuse to do a love scene.
He refused to do a sex scene.
Big difference, although this demonic culture wants to eliminate the distinction.
April 7, 2010 at 12:04 am
I love this man! And now…I love "Band of Brothers" even more!!!