The Real Reason Mandy Moore Refuses To Do A Nude Scene

There were misconceptions for a while that Mandy Moore was modest for religious reasons, but she said in a May 2009 interview that she's actually not religious at all. She did, however, describe herself as "spiritual," and added, "I think I was cast in a role of being religious because of [films like]  A Walk To Remember... People were like, 'You keep playing these Christian characters.' I grew up Catholic but not even a good Catholic. I don't think religion really factored in." She also had a comic turn as Bible-thumping bully in Saved!, in which she furiously and famously proclaims, "I am filled with Christ's love!" For whatever reason, the perception of Moore being hyper-religious even crept into her personal life.

"I remember dating someone once and when we first were starting to get to know each other, he was like, 'You're really Christian, like, you're really religious, aren't you?' And I was like, 'No, not at all, actually,'" she recalled. "I think it was just the media. I think it was just this perception of me because I had done those film roles and I guess I was kind of quiet and there wasn't anything too scandalous about me and I was a pretty modest dresser."

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