Neal McDonough, a Hollywood actor, recently said that being outcast by Hollywood prompted him to start his own film studio. McDonough’s best known roles were Malcolm Beck in Yellowstone, Timothy ‘Dum Dum’ Dugan in Captain America: The First Avenger, and, most recently, General James Harding in Project Blue Book.
The Yellowstone actor, who is also a devoted Christian, said that he was banned in Hollywood in 2010. He “lost basically everything” as a result, after being dismissed from ABC’s Scoundrels TV show for refusing to go against his faith and do certain scenes, particularly kissing and adultery. The actor stated that his faith kept his spirits up during this difficult period in his professional life.
“I recall going to my knees and asking God, ‘Why have you forgotten about me? “Why am I being punished so much?” He recalls. “And as soon as those words came out of my mouth, I realized what self-absorbed questions those were,” he said. God has given me so much. We all face problems in our life. “I should be grateful for all the blessings I’ve received,” the actor concluded.
McDonough has already stated his refusal to compromise his beliefs, so this is not the first time he has opened up about it, according to Bounding into Comics. McDonough stated in January 2020, “I won’t mention the Lord’s name in vain, and then I won’t kiss another woman.” “Sex scenes are not in it for me. And I thought, gosh, there are enough s-x scenes out there, and being in my forties, I’m not sure if anyone wants to see me do it anyhow, but it’s a degree of comfort.
“I’m not very comfortable doing that,” he stated then.”And I guess that’s probably why I play so many villainous characters, because I love acting, and I’m really good at it,” McDonough said. “It’s a God-given talent, so for me to have a career, I have to figure out creatively and smartly and wisely how I can keep doing what I do,” he said.
Given his refusal to do those scenes, McDonough makes it a point to make himself recognizable through his wicked performances, as he explained to The Christian Post earlier this month. “It’s hard because I’ve done so many different characters and done so many things, and in some of them, I play horrible villains in a lot of the things that I do, and I won’t do kissing scenes, so I have to be the best villain out there,” the actor stated.
McDonough revealed that the main reason he avoids to kiss his co-stars is his wife of nearly 20 years, Ruvé. “These lips are meant for one woman,” he admitted, adding that kissing scenes will no longer be an issue now that the couple has begun their filmmaking venture. The actor made it clear that he now has ”
that opportunity because Ruvé and I are doing it ourselves, and are so blessed to have companies that support us and back us and want to make more films and TV shows, or reality shows or any kind of show that gives glory to [God].” “Our goal is not simply to make a movie, but to develop a movie that glorifies God. And that is what we are aiming for, and we are quite lucky to be able to do that,” he explained.