Saturday, April 03, 2010

That's Why They Call It "Acting"

This story really annoys the crap out of me:

Neal McDonough fired from ABC's 'Scoundrels' after refusing sex scenes with Virginia Madsen



Seriously, does he understand what acting is?

I guess this dude is a big Catholic, and out of respect for that and his family he will not do sex scenes. He has previously refused sex scenes in "Boomtown" and "Desperate Housewives". Does he know that it's not real sex? Maybe he's method and feels like he can't do it if it's not actual fucking. I would respect him more if that were the case.

Looking down his credits, I notice that he got his start playing Lou Gehrig in a Babe Ruth movie. I suppose then he actually has alzheimers disease? He was also in "Band of Brothers", where did he get the time traveling machine to play that? He's also apparently a trained doctor, policeman, and Incredible Hulk.

6 comments:

amy said...

Hey, if that's the line he wants to draw, that's fine. But you'd think he'd mention that little quirk BEFORE signing on to a role, not sign on and then say, "Oh, by the way, I refuse to do sex scenes."

anne marie said...

i completely agree, this is ridiculous! since when is pretend sex outside of matrimony a sin? come on!! i doubt you can get away with that on most primetime dramas...
and on a side note, irwin, what is your thought on shannon getting voted off first? i'm pissed!

Irwin Handleman said...

shannon usually gets kicked off shows before anyone else, so i guess it was done out of tradition if anything else. but as long as they kick off anyone who isn't named "buzz aldrin", it's just retarded.

Heidi said...

He could totally play you in the movie version of "Notes From a Hack."

Irwin Handleman said...

no, he actually couldn't. you have to have someone that can do all of the sex scenes of me banging hot chicks.

Heidi said...

Oh, yeah, I forgot about the dream sequence.