{"id":4780,"date":"2010-08-14T22:52:42","date_gmt":"2010-08-14T22:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2010\/08\/catholic-actor-who-quit-over-sex-scenes-may-play-a-priest.html"},"modified":"2010-08-14T22:52:42","modified_gmt":"2010-08-14T22:52:42","slug":"catholic-actor-who-quit-over-sex-scenes-may-play-a-priest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2010\/08\/catholic-actor-who-quit-over-sex-scenes-may-play-a-priest.html","title":{"rendered":"Catholic actor who quit over sex scenes may play a priest"},"content":{"rendered":"

His story made headlines some months back — and if reports<\/a> are accurate, he may have an interesting project lined up: <\/p>\n

\n\"Neal-mcdonough.jpg\"<\/a><\/span>You may not know the name Neal McDonough — but he’s one of those Hollywood faces you’ll instantly recognize. He’s a compelling actor, who’s played good guys and bad, most recently on the ABC series “Desperate Housewives” and HBO’s “Band of Brothers.”<\/p>\n

But last season, McDonough reportedly walked away from a starring role on another ABC show called “Scoundrels,” when producers wanted him to do sex scenes. McDonough is married with a family, is a strong Catholic — and reportedly has always made it clear that he would not do heated love scenes. (On the steamy “Housewives” primetime soap, his character was creepy and disturbing, sometimes shirtless — but not part of the sexual game-playing that often drives the show.)<\/p>\n

When McDonough’s stand was reported earlier this year on the entertainment industry news site “Deadline Hollywood,” reader reaction was swift and overwhelmingly positive — but many commentators worried McDonough would become a Hollywood outcast.<\/p>\n

But today “Deadline Hollywood” reports McDonough has landed a new project — he will write, produce and star in a series called “Vigilante Priest” for the cable channel Starz. He’ll play an ex-cop turned priest who cleans up the streets of Los Angeles “one sinner at a time.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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