As Bleacher Report goes on to explain, Steve Young is not only Mormon, he's the great-great-great grandson of early LDS church leader, Brigham Young (pictured), the namesake of Brigham Young University, where Young played college ball (via ESPN). To this day, Young's Mormon faith is a big part of his life, as Young himself wrote in Deseret News in 2012. Though Young has taken a progressive stand on issues within the LDS church, as USA Today writes, in the late 1990s, the Farrelly brothers were casting a movie and they had Young in mind for a part, but when it came to time decide to participate, Young's faith influenced his decision.
As the Farrelly brothers explained to CBS News in 2014, the New England Patriots quarterback at that time, Drew Bledsoe, was their first pick but New England QB had to back out due to injury. Speaking with CBS News, the Farrelly brothers recalled how Young responded when they offered him the role. "Steve Young called one day and said 'That's the funniest script I've ever read. But I cannot do it, because if I do it, it's R-rated, and I know all the Mormon kids will be sneaking in and I wouldn't feel good about that,'" they said. Young's adherence to his faith at that moment sent the Farrelly brothers back to the drawing board.
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