Chris Pine shares his ideas after a casting director for The O.C. stated he misplaced out on a task on account of his pimples.
In 2023’s Welcome to the O.C.: The Oral History, casting director Patrick Rush talked about Pine studying for Ryan Atwood, which finally went to Ben McKenzie.
“I hate saying this, but it’s the truth: Chris Pine was at the age where he was experiencing really bad skin problems. And it was at that point where it looked insurmountable,” Rush stated within the ebook through the AV Club. “And as a kid who grew up with horrible skin, it just broke my heart.”
Pine appeared on the Happy Sad Confused podcast the place he was requested about Rush’s feedback and stated, “It’s a part of my life. The man didn’t have to talk about it. I mean, it’s his prerogative.”
Although Pine didn’t find yourself within the teen drama, he would go on to star in The Princess Diaries 2 shortly after dropping The O.C. function.
The actor acknowledges he had “awful skin as a teenager,” noting, “Look, I was going out for The O.C., like a teenage melodrama. I can understand why they wanted to have pretty people doing pretty things. And bad acne is not a key to [success].”
Pine stated that reminding him about dropping the chance to star within the Fox collection gave him “a little bit of PTSD,” including, “It’s no fun having bad skin. It’s no fun going to auditions when you have bad skin. It was one of the most traumatic points of my life, but it is my story.”
The actor would have a profitable profession starring in 2009’s Star Trek as Captain Kirk, Wonder Woman, and its sequel Wonder Woman 1984. Pine most just lately made his directorial debut with Poolman, through which he additionally stars.