Looking him up he was the blond man who played Lt Buck Compton on Band of Brothers. He was very good in the role.
As to his problem with the new role though, this makes little sense. The actors would be advised up front what sort of scenes would be required for the new role. If he couldn’t do love scenes, he had no business accepting the job.
Bailing on the producers on such short notice for such a cause will do him real harm. Hollywood might respect his principles but certainly not his professionalism.
“Bailing on the producers on such short notice for such a cause will do him real harm. Hollywood might respect his principles but certainly not his professionalism.”
None of us knows the whole story...but usually actors only get the script a few days before shooting the TV show. So when he read the script...he said no can do. It would be the same as your boss asking you to do something criminal/immoral...does that require professionalism?
And in the long run, producers now know what he will and won’t do.
Perhaps they changed the role on him? I understand it happens a lot. From what I understand, he is upfront about his standards.
I remember years ago, Pat Boone refused to KISS a woman in a movie. It was a big deal at the time. He had told the producers his values, yet they thought they could talk him into doing it. ....he didn’t.
But, seems to me, he lowered his standards some years later.