Posted on 04/12/2022 5:34:24 AM PDT by Red Badger
Actor Neal McDonough has always been candid about his faith, his moral parameters when it comes to filming, and the acting drought he believes he faced in 2010 as a result of his religious views.
But McDonough, 56, recently told Fox News how his faith guided him through those struggles and helped him land on the other side.
“There was a time when I wasn’t working. I couldn’t get a job because people thought I was this crazy religious guy,” he said. “But that wasn’t the case. I love my wife, but I love my acting too. I was hopeful that, at some point, someone would give me a chance again.”
McDonough, who is Catholic, famously alleged he was fired in 2010 from the show “Scoundrels” for his refusal to do sex scenes. But his filming parameters weren’t a new policy, as the actor also doesn’t kiss others on screen and had reportedly long been open about that fact.
Still, “The Band of Brothers” star believes his unwillingness to do these scenes eventually had a negative impact on his career, and he told Fox News he found himself frustrated and pleading with God.
“I remember falling to my knees and saying, ‘God, why have you forgotten about me? Why am I being punished so much?” McDonough said. “And as soon as those words came out of my mouth, I realized what self-absorbed questions those were.”
The actor realized God had given him a lot in life and that he should have, instead, been overtaken by gratitude.
“We all experience challenges in our lives,” he told Fox News. I should be grateful — and thankful — for all the blessings I’m given.”
He said he received a phone call a few minutes after that prayer and was offered a role on “Justified.” From there, the jobs came back and “everything was kind of forgotten,” McDonough said.
The actor said he’s grateful to God for all he has in his life and career. Read more of his comments here.
As Faithwire previously reported, this isn’t the first time McDonough has addressed these issues. He told Closer Weekly about the “Scoundrels” issue a few years back, describing his apparent Hollywood drought that followed as “hard.”
“It was a horrible situation for me. After that, I couldn’t get a job because everybody thought I was this religious zealot,” he said. “I am very religious. I put God and family first, and me second. That’s what I live by. It was hard for a few years.”
Despite the difficulties McDonough faced, he should be commended for standing strong in his convictions in an industry that typically doesn’t reward such behavior.
Ping!..............
Good actor.
Hollywierd was known in its early days as a hedonism playground. It still is.
He was great playing Lynn “Buck” Compton in the Band of Brothers series.
VERY good.
He was really good in Justified.
Really good.
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I NEVER heard of him, but what a GODLY MAN! His wife is BLESED,!
Wasn’t the real Buck Compton the prosecutor of Sirhan Sirhan?
Related for those who didn’t know (neither did I):
https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/idolchatter/2010/04/actor-neal-mcdonough-fired-for.html
Wow! nice comeback. I don’t mean his getting work on the TV show Justified. I mean his recognition that he was wrong to believe God was punishing him or forgetting him, recognizing his fault, and then then correcting it to be grateful to God for everything he had. Kudos to him for the appropriate change of heart.
Great actor. Plus made one of the few commercials that made me laugh. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNzXze5Yza8 “Were we nuts when we pointed to
the moon? That’s right we went up there.
You know we got? Bored. Bo we left. Got a
car up there. Left the keys in it. Do you
know why? Because we’re the only ones
going back up there, that’s why. But I digress”
Get a real job, bro.
Yes.
Yes he was, later Ronald Reagan appointed him to the California Court of Appeals.
He was the bad guy in Walking Tall.
He has played many ‘Bad Guys’ over the years.
“Bad guys always get the best lines.” - Victor Buono...............
So, he will use drugs, commit murder and theft on screen, but he he won’t kiss? Because that would be bad, or something. Glad pray could help with that moral conundrum.
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