Why Hollywood Rejected Star: ‘Lost Everything’
McDonough says he was fired from roles and blacklisted after refusing onscreen kisses and sex scenes for religious reasons.
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Neal McDonough spoke again about one of the darkest stages of his life, but this time he went further: after remembering that Hollywood came to classify him as a “religious fanatic” for refusing to kiss women on screen, he said he was canceled, lost numerous jobs because of that “stigma” and even fell into alcoholism and lost his home. Everything changed when a big star held out a hand to him: a Luke Perry gesture was key to helping him out.
Neal McDonough says Luke Perry helped him when Hollywood shut him out
Neal McDonough is known for playing tough men on screen. This week, he told a story that showed a very different kind of strength. Speaking in a recent interview, the veteran actor revealed how he nearly lost everything when Hollywood turned its back on him, and how one friend, the late Luke Perry, stepped in when almost no one else did. McDonough said the lowest point came after he refused to perform on-screen intimacy scenes because of his per…
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