By Chris Langlois (Chrisdfw) on Monday, September 03, 2001 - 03:09 pm:| By Chris Langlois (Chrisdfw) on Monday, September 03, 2001 - 03:09 pm: |
Neal McDonough who portrays Lynn "Buck" Compton.
| By Chrisdfw (Chrisdfw) (209.245.229.153 - 209.245.229.153) on Saturday, October 13, 2001 - 08:57 pm: |
Neal McDonough ("Buck" Compton)
| By Chrisdfw (Chrisdfw) (209.245.229.153 - 209.245.229.153) on Saturday, October 13, 2001 - 08:59 pm: |
| By Chrisdfw (Chrisdfw) (209.245.229.153 - 209.245.229.153) on Saturday, October 13, 2001 - 09:23 pm: |
Welcome to our special Band of Brothers issue where we talk with four of the stars of the Tom Hanks/Steven Spielberg mini-series. For the record, we should never forget those that fought and fell for our country during times of war and we hope that by watching Band of Brothers you too will be moved on some level by what went on. The stories, the men, the cause.
An Ego-less Hero: Neal McDonough
By: Jason M Burns
The Green Room
Neal McDonough and I have two things in common…we both have roots in Massachusetts and we both are convinced that an 80-year-old man can kick our asses. But of course Neal wasn't talking about just any 80-year old man. He's talking about Lynn "Buck" Compton, the soldier he is stepping into the shoes of for Band of Brothers. And with the type of man "Buck" is, age doesn't mean a thing.
Neal himself is the type of actor that offers more than just a presence when on screen. He's held his own with Guy Pearce and Robert Carlyle in "Ravenous" and has stepped into the franchise Star Trek films for the First Contact installment. His star quality is a shining example of great actors having to wait in line for "the big break" but like all tables with only three legs…this one is destined to break.
As a man he is down to Earth and easy going. His outlook on enjoying life as opposed to stressing about it is something that every person should adopt. He seems unselfish in his career and his ability to feel content with his place in life and in Hollywood is a refreshing turn.
I have no doubt that Neal will one day be selling movie tickets based on his name alone, but I do doubt we'll have to wait a long time to see that happen. Perfect example: After Band of Brothers you can catch him opposite Tom Cruise in Minority Report, which just so happens to be directed by Steven Spielberg.
NM: Good morning.
JB: Good morning to you.
NM: Where am I calling in the 508 area code?
JB: North Attleboro, which is south of Boston.
NM: Right on. I'm from Hyannis originally.
JB: When did you leave the Bay State?
NM: About ten years ago and I've been out here back and forth to the Cape for the last ten years. It's been a great run so far. I've had a lot of fun.
JB: It must be good to come back though?
NM: Oh yeah. I really like it in Los Angeles but there is no place like Cape Cod.
If you don't believe him then that means you've never played 18 holes at Pirates Cove mini-golf or tasted a sandwich at the now deceased Sandwich's Sandwiches. (A single tear roles down my cheek)
JB: How was the premiere the other night?
NM: Unbelievable! For a good ol boy from Cape Cod to go to something as extravagant as this was…I've never been through an interview line with Entertainment Tonight and E and all of these people. For two hours they interviewed us and it was really quite amazing because we all know it is something that is very special and important for TV. It's an honor to be a part of something like this. Not often does an actor get to be a part of something that not only Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks are doing but about something that matters.
JB: That seems to be the mindset of everyone that I've spoken with in that this is more about the veterans than it is about anything else. And you yourself must know better than anybody could after you've had the chance to meet then?
NM: Yeah. Buck is just…there's no ego in this man. He did amazing feats throughout his whole life and he always says, "Eh, I was just doing my job." If you're going to work, the way they were taught was you're going to work hard…100%. You don't do it for money. You do it because you were supposed to. I think we could all learn a little bit from that generation.
JB: Because he has no ego about himself, did you have to learn more about him through the other men?
NM: Oh I learned a whole lot more about Buck from the other guys. Buck will certainly never tell me, "Oh, I was great that day…I threw this grenade and boy was I awesome." He'd never even admit it. I could hear from ten other guys a story about his incredible bravery and Buck would go, "Eh, it was a lucky chuck." Nowadays when everyone is so about "look how great I am" or "look what I can do"…you know? When you get to the end zone in a football game, guys are taking ten minutes to celebrate a touchdown when they're down by forty points. Back then a guy would score a game-winning touchdown and he'd say, "I was just doing my job." It's amazing isn't it?
JB: Yeah, unfortunately you don't see that mentality much anymore.
NM: Yeah, those days seem to be gone. But, hopefully by watching this we can bring a little bit of it back.
JB: As far as the size goes…how has this differed from all other productions you have been involved with in the past?
NM: The obvious epic proportions of the whole thing were just awesome to be part of. The sets over there were so huge and so extravagant. One day they'd build a small town in Holland and about 3 o'clock in the afternoon we'd blow it up. Three days later it would be a beautiful little town in France. These guys worked 24 hours a day, around the clock and never stopped. And these are the guys that should be thanked throughout the whole thing because they made it look so real. You know…we act. We just stand there and do our lines and do our small part. These guys build these enormous sets. And that's just one part of it. Then there are the people who do the wardrobe. Try to fit 500 people for wardrobe and make the continuity stick everyday. Everything! It was just an awesome thing to be a part of because it was so huge.
JB: And like you just said, having to dress 500 people is a tuff task. But with so many characters involved in the story line, did you have any concerns about being lost in the shuffle of the other actors?
NM: Oh yeah. We all thought that. None of us had read the scripts until we had gotten the roles.
JB: You just got the forward from the book to start off?
NM: Yeah, and that was it. The book was great but where do all of our parts fit in and what's going to happen? Is it going to be a year of scrambling and saying, "But what about me, what about me?" There were times when you felt a little left out because we are actors and we want to act. It's like the guys building the sets everyday. They surely didn't want to watch their friend build sets. But, we all knew what the story was going into it, so when there were times when an actor wanted to say, "Boy I'd love to be in this scene" you knew you couldn't because you weren't there. The point of the whole story is not to glorify each actor but to glorify the guys…the vets themselves. We learned a lot about becoming much more humble about our approaches to acting because we tried to go for the truth. If I had a question I'd call Buck. I'd ask him. So, we all knew what the truth was because we all worked very hard on our characters to make sure that when the vets saw the piece they'd say, "Yeah, you did it right."
JB: Did Buck say that?
NM: At the end Buck had seen all ten episodes and he was at the Four Seasons hotel out here in Beverly Hills and he called me up and said, "Neal, I need to see you right now, I just saw all ten episodes." He's a big dude. I don't care if he's 80 years old because he'd still give me an ass whoopin'. And I was nervous. Jason I'm telling you, I was sweating bullets.
I went down there and it was him and like five vets and just me. I was the only actor there. I was like, "Oh God, oh God." And I could see that they had already been two martinis into it and he goes, "Ah, God Damn it, you're beautiful kid." It was unbelievable. It was really just the greatest compliment I had ever received as an actor because the guy I portrayed, who is still here said you did it right, kid.
JB: And that has to be odd for an actor because even when you portray a biographical character, that person is usually no longer with us.
NM: Yeah, I played Lou Gehrig. I played other characters that are not alive anymore and it's a whole lot easier because you don't have to worry about, "Oops, he's going to be watching me." But, this one was extra nerve racking because Buck was watching and he's such an amazing and lovely guy that I would never want to do anything that would upset him or make him look anything but exactly what he was.
JB: We've already touched on it lightly but again it just feels like the story is the focus here. It just seems like it was something that became bigger than the actors, the crew, and the production itself?
NM: Yeah. I've done Star Trek First Contact and Ravenous and those were cool films. Obviously Star Trek was a big film. But I don't think anything I'll ever do will be on such a grand scale and as important as this. I just finished Minority Report with Tom Cruise and that was awesome but for the passion and the heart and soul of the piece for an actor…nothing will ever be like this for me ever again. It was my first really huge thing. I may have really huge things in the future, who knows. I'm not sure what's going to happen next but all I know is that I just did something that is going to change the way people thing about WWII and about being a vet. I thank the big man upstairs everyday for being so nice to me. And I thank the big man down here, being Steven Spielberg. (Laughter)
JB: You obviously saw the emotional attachment formed between the vets, but were you able to form your own with the actors on this project?
NM: Oh yeah. Next week I'm going to Rick Gomez's wedding. That will never happen again. Last night we all got together because we felt like getting together. We stopped filming ten months ago. We will always be close because we care about each other so much because we went through so much together. Up every morning at 5 o'clock and working in the rain all day. During your down time you're there on the set whether you're working or not and you're playing cards, basketball or just sitting around talking about life. Opening up to other actors. And you know other actors, we're not the most open bunch to other actors. We're pretty competitive because this is a very competitive business. We kind of took the business part away and became friends. I hope I will find friends again like I did on Band of Brothers on future films but I doubt it. I really don't think so.
JB: Well this has obviously changed your life and then you just mentioned Minority Report with Tom Cruise and Steven Spielberg. Actors have sold their souls for less in this business.
NM: Yeah. I can't complain. Whatever happens next happens. I've been back on Cape Cod for the last two weeks just letting it all sink in about what has happened in the last couple of years. It's insane. It's really nuts. Who knows what's next. That's up to the big man upstairs, but so far so good.
JB: And I can assume that the things you did with Minority Report are to be kept pretty hush hush.
NM: Yeah, pretty much. It's set 50 years in the future and Tom is the chief of this crime division and something goes on and I, who am his best friend, have to then go and chase after him. It's just this really great cast. Steven is just a joy to work for. He allows actors to have fun. There aren't many directors who allow that because most guys aren't as confident as Steven Spielberg is. It was just great.
JB: Now did Steven pull you aside after Band of Brothers and cast you, or did you go through the whole process?
NM: At the Golden Globes last year, we went there because Tom Hanks was being nominated for Cast Away. All the boys were there and we were having a few cocktails in the back room and we wanted to go congratulate Tom. We get there and it's just bodyguards galore and Julia Roberts and all of these people sitting there. We're just like; "There's no way that us guys are going to get in there." And then my girlfriend squeezed my hand and she goes, "There's Steven over there." I looked at Steven and he saw me across the room and he came right across. He came up to me and goes, " I saw Band of Brothers and I thought you did a great job, would you like to be in Minority Report?" Yeah. I squeezed my girlfriend's hand so hard that I thought I broke it. I thought I just crushed her hand because I was so excited. "Yeah, I think that would be a good thing. Thank you Steven."
JB: Trying to play it as cool as possible.
NM: Trying to play it as cool as possible but I'm sure he could see that there wasn't a damn cool bit in my body. I was just so excited about it. It's just been great.
JB: I did a search of your name on the Web and up popped some fansites stuff that came up from Trek fans. Is that an odd thing for you?
NM: Yeah, it's a bit weird. I went to one once and I was reading stuff on there. I was like, "Wow!"
JB: Some of them were a little out there.
NM: Yeah, some of them go a little crazy. All I can do is go out there and work as hard as I can and do my job. Whether people like it or not, or are fans of mine or not, or are crazy fans of mine or really hate me, I can't please everybody. All I can do it do my best with every project that I do and enjoy it and have fun. I think it was Willie Stargell who said, "At the beginning of each game the umpire doesn't say work ball he says play ball." And it's all about playing and having a good time. If you don't play than you're just not enjoying it. You can get caught up in things like the other night. Jason, it was insane. Everybody who was everybody was there at this thing and you could be like, "Wow, I'm a big star now, I'm huge, I must be awesome." But no, I just did another movie. Whether I do another one, or whatever the next one is…who knows. But if you start taking any of this stuff seriously than it's work ball and that means you forgot to play. Plus, I have four older brothers who would give me such a whoopin' if I ever thought I was anything more than Neal.
Now if everyone in the world just had an older brother to whoop their ass, maybe we'd all be better off.
| By Thomas Crawford (Gr8fulson) (63.207.25.42 - 63.207.25.42) on Thursday, December 06, 2001 - 07:50 pm: |
Neal McDonough showed up last night at the Los Angeles Premiere of Ocean's
Eleven ... (copy & paste the link below for pics)
http://www.wireimage.com/GalleryListing.asp?navtyp=GLS===5149&str=&sortval=0&c1=1&PageNum=20
| By Chris Langlois (Chrisdfw) (209.245.230.158 - 209.245.230.158) on Thursday, December 20, 2001 - 11:07 pm: |
At a special screening of A.I.
Photos and Text by Albert L. Ortega
| By Tracyc (Tracyc) (63.20.179.146 - 63.20.179.146) on Saturday, December 22, 2001 - 02:28 am: |
Neal-you look great here. More and more like my dad when he was young. Love from the Comptons.
| By Chris Langlois (Chrisdfw) (12.239.86.117) on Tuesday, May 28, 2002 - 01:29 pm: |
| By Chris Langlois (Chrisdfw) (12.239.86.117) on Tuesday, June 25, 2002 - 03:13 pm: |
Neal McDonough and girlfriend Ruve at the Minority Report premiere
http://www.instyle.com/instyle/read/ci/partyhopper/0,7588,263581_7,00.html
| By Chris Langlois (Chrisdfw) (12.239.86.117) on Saturday, June 29, 2002 - 12:37 pm: |
'PRODUCERS GUILD AWARDS', CENTURY PLAZA HOTEL, CENTURY CITY, LOS ANGELES, AMERICA - 03 MAR 2002
http://www.rexfeatures.com/cgi-bin/rppshimg0?i=377997A
| By Admin (Admin) (12.239.86.117) on Friday, July 05, 2002 - 07:13 pm: |
Photo by David James
More images: Still photographs of "Minority Report", Neal McDonough, Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell
from www.imdb.com
| By Chris Langlois (Chrisdfw) (12.241.64.130) on Sunday, September 15, 2002 - 03:00 pm: |
Band of Brothers star Neal McDonough gets his big break playing Tom Cruise's best friend in Steven Spielberg's "Minority Report"...
How did you get involved with Steven Spielberg and the movie?
I was in the World War II TV series Band of Brothers, which Spielberg produced, but during filming I never got to meet him properly. A year later, I attended the Golden Globe Awards and, out of the blue, he approached me and said, "I saw you in BoB and thought you did a great job. Would you like to play the part of Tom Cruise's best friend in my next movie?". I couldn't believe it! I was holding my fiancé's hand at the time and felt like I'd crushed each of her fingers! I was trying to act really cool, meanwhile inside I was going crazy. It was a great moment. For an actor it's not only the ultimate compliment to have one of the world's greatest directors walk up to you and choose you for his movie, but it also validates you amongst your peers that you're doing a good job and makes it all worthwhile.
What did you learn from working with Tom Cruise?
Tom is very professional about everything he does. Even with all the personal stuff that was going on at the time, he would never bring it to the set. He's extremely positive, always excited to be working, and very generous. You can learn a lot from someone of that calibre and with that kind of attitude.
What's next for you?
I'm currently working on a movie with Paul Walker and Anna Friel called "Timeline", based on the novel by Michael Crichton. It's directed by Dick Donner ["Superman", "Lethal Weapon"], who's just amazing. He's 72-years-old but you wouldn't believe it, he's got so much energy. Straight afterwards, I start on a TV series for NBC called Boomtown, which is another Spielberg project. The role was supposed to be an hispanic character played by Jimmy Smits, but he pulled out at the last minute and Steven suggested using me and made the character Irish instead.
You studied acting in London, do you have plans to return to the UK?
I'd love to! I'd work there again in a heartbeat. I was in England for ten months whilst filming Band of Brothers, and had an absolute ball. If I got the chance, I'd like to do stage work. Since my studying days at Lamda [London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts] I haven't done any theatre, so I'd love to go back.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2002/07/01/neal_mcdonough_minority_report_interview.shtml
| By Chris Langlois (Chrisdfw) (12.241.64.130) on Sunday, September 15, 2002 - 03:17 pm: |
Talented, handsome, and yes…Neal McDonough is a gentleman too. You may have seen him in Spielberg’s and Hanks’ HBO mini-series Band of Brothers, or in Spielberg’s Minority Report for 20th Century Fox, in which he plays opposite Tom Cruise. He will also be seen in the recently picked-up show for NBC, Boomtown, as well as in Richard Donner’s upcoming project Timeline.
Although McDonough’s decade-plus acting career has had him playing everything from a killer to a family guy to an idiot, lately he’s found himself taking on a variety of roles of a similar nature — namely the All-American, dependable, tough-guy type of character. “In the last couple of years I’ve been lucky to find out what I’m really good at, and I’m really good at playing that dependable guy, that almost John Wayne-y, Lee Marvin-y type of guy, but, you know, a little more flawed, more realistic. Every time I play one of these dependable guys there’s some twist that happens near the end, or some kind of emotional challenge to these characters. ”
And how close is his real personality to that kind of character? “I’m pretty darn close to that type of guy,” admits McDonough. “I’m the kind of guy where, if my friend is having a problem with another guy at a bar, I’ll be the first knucklehead to jump in and knock the other guy out…or take one in the nose for my friend.” So basically he’s the loyal type. “Yeah, I guess I’m like a big Labrador retriever type of person.”
When acting, McDonough tends, to a large degree, to mirror in his own life the emotional aspects of his characters. “For Band of Brothers,” he gives as an example, “I knew my character was going to have a very big emotional breakdown, and we were shooting the project for 10 months. So I knew it was coming and it was very difficult to live with that all the time. As it got closer and closer to that time, I became a little bit more detached about things, and a little more melancholy about things. My girlfriend could tell you all about that,” he laughs.
Though McDonough looks forward to playing his first lead role, his main focus for the future is broader. “I want to always keep striving to tell the truth in whatever character I play, and for those types of roles. I’ve had a great run for the first 10 years, and I hope the next 10 years are as great as the first — and that I can spend as much time back in Cape Cod with my family as possible.”
— Amy Sorkin
Photos by Hope North
http://www.brntwdmagazine.com/july.aug.02/neal/neal-1.html
| By Ebeth (Ebeth) (199.174.65.27) on Thursday, October 10, 2002 - 12:58 pm: |
| By Melissa Clay (Melissa2800) (66.166.47.71) on Thursday, October 10, 2002 - 02:24 pm: |
Ebeth,
What magazine/newspaper is this from? Just curious.
Melissa
| By Ebeth (Ebeth) (199.174.65.27) on Thursday, October 10, 2002 - 02:35 pm: |
It's from today's Los Angeles Times. Liz Smith is the writer- its a celebrity gossip column that is carried in papers in New York as well.
| By cias (Cias) (208.148.113.77) on Thursday, October 10, 2002 - 02:57 pm: |
Ebeth
For those not familiar with Liz Smith, she is a veteran columnist and one of the most highly regarded in her field. Thus, being mentioned by her can be more important than being mentioned by some of the others.
Gary
| By Ebeth (Ebeth) (199.174.65.27) on Thursday, October 10, 2002 - 03:11 pm: |
Very true Gary. She has mentioned Neal in past columns as well, so he seems to have gotten on her good side, or at least his publicist has. Liz Smith definitely has the ability to "make or break" someone by mentioning them in her column.
| By Melissa Clay (Melissa2800) (66.166.47.71) on Friday, October 11, 2002 - 11:49 am: |
I agree, if Liz Smith writes about you, it is a very good thing. Good for Neal, he deserves it!!
Thanks for posting the article, Ebeth
Melissa
| By Chris Langlois (Chrisdfw) (12.239.81.247) on Wednesday, December 11, 2002 - 12:44 pm: |
Thanks to Eileen O'Hara for finding this!!
NBC News Transcripts
SHOW: Today (7:00 AM ET) - NBC
December 6, 2002 Friday
Neal McDonough discusses his role "Boomtown"
ANCHORS: KATIE COURIC
BODY:
KATIE COURIC, co-host:
NBC's "Boomtown" is not your typical police show. The viewers might get a witness's take on the crime, then the show will go back in time to find out how a local policeman got involved, only to jump forward to get a lawyer's perspective. Sound confusing? Well, in the end, the very stories give the viewer the complete picture of what really took place. Neal McDonough plays Deputy DA David McNorris in the show.
How are you, Neal? Nice to see you. Mr. NEAL McDONOUGH: ("Boomtown"): How are you? Nice to be here, Katie.
COURIC: So, it--it does sound a bit confusing. For people who haven't seen "Boomtown," how do all these pieces ultimately fit together?
Mr. McDONOUGH: Well, It's interesting. So many people have spoken about "Boomtown" because of the different perspectives. There are five or six main characters and it's seen through their point of views or through the guest star's, the villain's point of view. But to me, that's--that's not still the most enjoyable, most interesting part of the show. It's the characters that Graham Yost, the writer, has written out for us. They're all so kind of gray. Not so black and white.
COURIC: Right.
Mr. McDONOUGH: Where a lot of TV shows on network TV, the good guy's so good, the bad guy's so bad. Where this one, you know, the lead characters are sometimes worse than the villains...
COURIC: And...
Mr. McDONOUGH: ...especially--especially in my case.
COURIC: I was going to say, you play Deputy DA David McNorris, and you really are a case in point. In the clip we're about to see, you're caught in a very compromising situation. In--in last week's episode, actually, you have a breakdown.
Mr. McDONOUGH: Right.
COURIC: So, let's take a quick look and then talk some more.
(Clip from "Boomtown")
COURIC: You are not your typical, sort of straight-laced...
Mr. McDONOUGH: No.
COURIC: ...conservative deputy DA. In fact, you're a bit of a renegade, and obviously, slightly conflicted, to say the least, right?
Mr. McDONOUGH: Yeah, definitely. It's--you know, I've never done network TV to this capacity before.
COURIC: Uh-huh.
Mr. McDONOUGH: And with guys like Steven Spielberg running the show and Jeff Zucker, and, you know, great writers like Graham Yost and Jon Avnet, they've put together this really good cast. And it's--it's really, it's been a lot of fun. I'm really enjoying the heck out of it.
COURIC: Is he going to get his act together, your character? He sounds pretty desperate right now.
Mr. McDONOUGH: It--it, well it--at this point, each week after last week's episode was pretty bad. And he just keeps tumbling and tumbling and tumbling. And so, yeah, it's really enjoyable to play a character that's so flawed, because people, you know, see the show and they'll get a piece of each character and kind of understand what each character is in different ways. And again, we're having a ball doing it, you know.
COURIC: This is your first experience, I know, with a weekly television series, isn't it...
Mr. McDONOUGH: Yeah.
COURIC: ...because you were in "Minority Report"...
Mr. McDONOUGH: That's right, yeah.
COURIC: ...with Tom Cruise. You were also--you had a big role as 1st Lieutenant Buck Compton...
Mr. McDONOUGH: Right.
COURIC: ...in "Band of Brothers."
Mr. McDONOUGH: Which was my--you know, it's--for years, I was in Hollywood doing independent films and certain--oh, there he is right there.
COURIC: What was that experience like, working on "Band of Brothers"?
Mr. McDONOUGH: That was the greatest experience of my life. I got to play a guy named Buck Compton, who was this real-life hero. And there's Buck there. And it--it changed my life in so many ways. Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks took a chance on me, an independent actor, and allowed me to be in such a great show as that. And from there, "Minority Report," and now I have "Timeline" coming out, and "Boomtown." It's like I just got...
COURIC: You're on a roll.
Mr. McDONOUGH: Yeah. I got to meet, you know, the love of my life. I got to meet my girlfriend Rive. So, you know, the last three years, I thank the big man upstairs every day and I thank the big man down here, Steven Spielberg, every day for that, for--for what he's given me. So it's just like...
COURIC: I'm sure he'll be flattered by the comparison.
Mr. McDONOUGH: Yeah, exactly. Yeah, that's very true.
COURIC: But you were about to give up on acting, I understand, before you got your big break in "Band of Brothers."
Mr. McDONOUGH: Yeah.
COURIC: You were--what were you going to do? You were going to like go to law school or something?
Mr. McDONOUGH: I don't know. I was going to go--no, I was going--yeah, exactly. No. I was going back to--I was back on Cape Cod and I didn't know what I wanted to do. I was...
COURIC: Is that where you're from originally?
Mr. McDONOUGH: Yeah. I'm from Cape Cod. I was back with my brother Bob and Kier and everybody else, and--and we were talking about it. It's like you try to get to a certain level in--in your career, and it was just becoming such a struggle. I was like, what am I going to do now? And my manager, Glen Rigberg, called me up and said, 'There's this great thing you've got to come in and audition for. It's called "Band of Brothers." And--and it's the greatest thing that ever happened.
COURIC: And the rest, as they say, is history.
Mr. McDONOUGH: Yes, it's great. It's great stuff.
COURIC: Well, I'm so happy for your success. Congratulations on everything.
Mr. McDONOUGH: Thank you very much. Thank you.
COURIC: And we hope we'll see more of you, and certainly can on "Boomtown," which airs every Sunday night at 10...
Mr. McDONOUGH: That's right.
COURIC: ...9 Central time.
Mr. McDONOUGH: That's right.
COURIC: I always feel like a TV guide, right here on NBC.
Mr. McDONOUGH: Thanks.
COURIC: Very nice to meet you.
Mr. McDONOUGH: Thank you very much.
| By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.183.79) on Wednesday, December 11, 2002 - 10:12 pm: |
Nice find! Thank you for posting that chris 
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| By Jill J (Blueshull) (198.81.26.142) on Saturday, January 04, 2003 - 11:20 pm: |
In the episode "The Breaking Point" when Compton shows Gaurnere a picture of his girlfriend, is it just me or does the girl in the picture look like McDonough's real life girlfriend? Maybe it's just me.
| By Jane Lindholm (Jlindholm) (204.48.169.252) on Sunday, January 05, 2003 - 04:32 am: |
Just noticed the transcipt from Today Show...[great addition, Chris]...here are some pics,
| By Jane Lindholm (Jlindholm) (204.48.169.252) on Sunday, January 05, 2003 - 04:35 am: |
Just noticed the transcipt from Today Show...[great addition, Chris]...here are some pics,
| By Erin Bingham (Bingham) (210.50.171.33) on Wednesday, January 15, 2003 - 06:22 pm: |
Hey all,
I hate to do this, since this is a Band Of Brothers site and all...but i figured you guys would be the biggest of Neal fans. Anyway. I have just opened up a Neal McDonough fanlisting! Here is the URL: http://luckystrike.sinfree.net check it out, and if you would like...join!
Thanks,
Erin Bingham
| By Melissa Clay (Melissa2800) (66.166.47.71) on Thursday, January 23, 2003 - 09:38 am: |
Attention, ladies, I have read on Neal's yahoo group that he asked his girlfriend, Ruve, to marry him on Christmas day in Cape Cod in front of a church. It sounded very romantic. What a lucky gal!!
Anyway, I hope I didn't ruin anyone's day with the news!! lol
Melissa
| By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.183.79) on Thursday, January 23, 2003 - 09:57 pm: |
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!! How sweet!!! Did she say "yes"? ;)
gold
| By Iines (Iines) (195.197.126.103) on Friday, January 24, 2003 - 04:48 pm: |
Ohh, those lucky girls! So romantic really
When some of these guys come to Finland and ask me to marry them??;)
Gold, i'm quite sure he said yes. How could anybody refuse Neal
Iines
| By Leo Escobar (Freesialeo) (202.81.173.15) on Friday, January 31, 2003 - 10:24 am: |
sweet, smooth and romantic
hi to all people out there who likes B.O.B.
freesialeo
| By Jane Lindholm (Jlindholm) (204.48.169.252) on Sunday, March 16, 2003 - 01:23 pm: |
USA Weekend
March 14-16, 2003
Who’s News By Lorrie Lynch
Question: How did I ever miss Neal McDonough before NBC’s Boomtown? He’s so attractive. question submitted by D. Bonacum, Phoenix
As McDonough, 37 tells it, ‘I’d been doing tons of stuff, most if small stuff no one saw.’ Then, just when he was thinking of throwing in the towel, Steven Spielberg called with Band of Brothers. That project changed McDonough’s life in more ways than one. He met fiancee Ruve Robertson the first night he was in London for filming. ‘She’s 6-foot-3, and I used the lamest pickup line of all time: ‘Gee, your’re tall.’ McDonough probably will use his coming hiatus to make a movie with Boomtown exec producer Job Avnet. But there’s another matter to take care of: a wedding. He and Robertson are thinking Ireland in September.
| By Melissa Clay (Melissa2800) (66.166.47.71) on Monday, March 17, 2003 - 10:01 am: |
I saw Neal on Craig Kilborn this Saturday night. He was so adorable!!! Ruve, his fiance, was there & he was so cute when he was talking about her. You can tell that they are very much in love. Neal seems to be a very sweet guy.
Melissa
| By Kanas.C. (Kanas) (61.93.75.119) on Tuesday, June 17, 2003 - 09:29 am: |
I m so jealous of his gf! He is so SMART!