Catholic actor fired for refusing sex scenes

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Neal McDonough is a marvelous actor who elevates every role he plays, whether it’s in Band of Brothers or Desperate Housewives. So when he was suddenly replaced with David James Elliott 3 days into the filming on ABC’s new series Scoundrels earlier this week, there had to be a story behind the story. The move was officially explained as a casting change. But, in fact, McDonough was sacked because of his refusal to do some heated love scenes with babelicious star (and Botox pitchwoman) Virginia Madsen. The reason? He’s a family man and a Catholic, and he’s always made it clear that he won’t do sex scenes. And ABC knew that. Because he also didn’t get into action with Nicolette Sheridan on the network’s Desperate Housewives when he played her psycho husband during Season 5. And he also didn’t do love scenes with his on-air girlfriend in his previous series, NBC’s Boomtown, or that network’s Medical Investigation. “It has cost him jobs, but the man is sticking to his principles,” a source explained to me. You can’t help but admire McDonough for sticking to his beliefs, even if he’s poised to lose as much as $1 million in paydays for Scoundrels, which is based on the New Zealand series Outrageous Fortune centering on the matriarch (Madsen) of a family of criminals who decides it’s time for her brood to go straight after her husband (McDonough, now Elliott) is sentenced to a long prison term. (“I thought these things only happened to women in LA!,” a source mused.)
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Apparently, the producers and casting director didn’t realize that he had a long-standing policy of no sex scenes.

Pax,
OA
 
He did the right thing in Gods eyes; and in the end, thats worth more than any amount of money.
That`s leading by example.
Hats off to him!
 
How refreshing to see that this sort of thing will still go on even in this day and age. I am certain that he will find better roles because of his fortitude.
 
Praise God that he stood up for what is right! :extrahappy: If only we had more actors like this in the world!
 
Good for him! 👍 If only more Catholic and Christian actors would stand up for themselves!
 
He carried his cross this Holy Week. God Bless him. Happy Easter †
 
“Producers at ABC are said to be hopping mad as McDonough was made aware of the on-screen lovemaking, having been sent the script weeks before the filming began.”

Apparently, he didn’t bother to read the script they sent him.

If he really was sent the script ahead of time, it was very unprofessional to wait until the scene is to be filmed to inform them that he won’t do it. It waste everyone’s time and money.
 
Paul1961 said:
“Producers at ABC are said to be hopping mad as McDonough was made aware of the on-screen lovemaking, having been sent the script weeks before the filming began.”

Apparently, he didn’t bother to read the script they sent him.

If he really was sent the script ahead of time, it was very unprofessional to wait until the scene is to be filmed to inform them that he won’t do it. It waste everyone’s time and money.
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Maybe he read the script and, like many of us, struggled with the choice he had to make. They can be hopping mad all they want. Ultimately, it’s not the “producer gods” he has to answer to.

And that last paragraph refers to a quote from an anonymous source (I read the same article) so I’ll take that with a grain of salt. The “source” must cow tow to the 'producer gods".

Live in the world, not of it.

Kudos to you, Mr. McDonough. Pax †
 
now let’s give hollywood a little of their own medicine and get the Catholic league to take’em to court. 👍
 
Being too specific an actor probably isn’t going to move his career along as quickly as he hopes. But at least he stood up for his beliefs. That says something.
 
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