2010
04.30
04.30
My friends and I stumbled upon this LDS seminary video from the early ’90s and I must share it with you! Look who stars in it:
That, my friends, is actor Aaron Eckhart (from “Thank You for Smoking” and “The Dark Knight”). Funny stuff. Turns out Eckhart was raised LDS, served a mission in France and Switzerland, and graduated from BYU in film studies. He no longer identifies as Mormon, however.
Just for fun, here is a list of some other ex-Mormon celebrities. I’ll add more as I find them.
Amy Adams
Eliza Dushku
Ryan Gosling
Jewel
Katherine Heigl
Paul Walker
Is it odd that the first think I noticed is the shot at the end is impossible? There isn’t a single spot that shot with the Ogden Temple could be shot from. (Sorry, native Ogdenism is showing :P)
It does make me glad I never signed up for institute or anything else after graduating from high school.
That shot was of the Provo temple.
Man that is like my top 7 hottest people of all time list…
Eliza Dushku and Ryan Gosling yum!
Oh and Katherine has said she might want to recommit to Mormonism later in life.
Two of Eckhart’s best roles are in two of the best American films of the 1990s — “In the Company of Men” (1997) and, extending the lacerating analysis to both sexes, “Your Friends and Neighbors” (1998) — directed by fellow BYU alum Neil LaBute, who also wrote the Foreward to a new translation of Lermontov’s “A Hero of Our Time”.
Eliza Dushku?! Holy crap! I wonder if any of these current actors are still practicing.
And I don’t know if anyone knows this, but Richard Dutcher, who is said to have given birth to the mormon cinema, has left the LDS church. I thought that would be an interesting fact to include
Uhm, does the fact that they left make them even sexier? I say hell to the yes. Mmmm.
I had no idea. You always hear about the celebrity members, but never the celebrity ex-members. Obvs, but still.
Thank you for this. Super sexy eye candy, for sure.
Eliza Dushku was at the Mormon Women’s Forum Counterpoint Conference in the UofU student union yesterday (10/23). She was there to watch her mother, well-known Mormon feminist Judy Dushku, get an award. She hung out at the entire conference and listened to discussions of the future of Mormon feminism and the role of sex in the lives of Mormon women. She was gracious, involved–and even more beautiful close up than she is on TV. (Plus, she’s TINY. Really, really TINY.) Those of us who are “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” fans had a very hard time not geeking out.
I didn’t get the video. What is it saying, confessing your dirty dirty sins to the bishop will make everything better?
Great article! jfoprhggf
Very interesting. Katherine Heigl is one of my favorite actresses. I am 17 and LDS and while I don’t always make the best decisions I love the church and its principles. While it doesn’t matter to me whether or not a person is “Mormon” its awesome to know that they have some form of religion and morals (whether LDS or not). Makes me have way more respect for them then I already did.
How about including in your links: http://www.iamanexmormon.com/
AND http://www.templeweddingpetition.org