Neal McDonough Reflects on his Role in Upcoming Movie

June 16, 2023198 views0

Neal McDonough Reflects on his Role in Upcoming Movie

2023-06-16T11:39:14+01:00

By Marie

Neal McDonough has filled his share of the big screen roles as various villains. However, in real life, this “villain” publicly proclaims being a Christian and credits his most recent role of playing the devil in the upcoming action film “The Shift” with learning even more about his relationship with God.While he has played plenty of villains throughout his acting career, McDonough told The Christian Post, “‘The Shift’ is the first time I’ve actually played the devil.”When the role of the devil was initially offered to McDonough, he decided it wasn’t for him. However, McDonough’s wife, Ruvé, noticed something was off and asked him about it. After he explained the role, his hesitancy, and his assumption that another guy should get the role, Ruvé replied, “What guy, like you, who’s a villain, also has an amazing relationship with God?”So McDonough accepted the role. “I’m so grateful that she convinced me to do it because when you play characters like this, you learn so much about yourself and how blessed I am to have [God’s] backing in everything that I do, to have all the gifts that God’s given me in my life,” McDonough said. “My amazing wife, five kids, the movies and TV shows, everything!”Playing the devil gave Neal McDonough a different perspective on life, both on and off the screen. He reflected, “We all at times have a very mean person in us, all of us; we’re all human. There was only one person who was perfect, and everyone else has been trying. And the harder you try, the more the devil will tempt you with stuff.”“When I get to play a character like this, that’s the devil, I got to learn so much about myself, about how blessed I really am in my life,” he mentioned.ALSO READ: Artificial Intelligence Generated German Church Service