Chris Pine Says Losing Roles Due to Acne Was ‘Traumatic,’ Recalls Failed ‘The O.C.’ Audition
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Chris Pine, 43, was asked to recount his bombed audition for Fox’s The O.C. (2003 to 2007).
His acting wasn’t what got him eliminated from the casting call - it was his “awful skin.”
"I was going out for The O.C., a teenage melodrama. I can understand that they wanted to have pretty people doing pretty things. It’s no fun going out for roles when you have bad skin. It was one of the most traumatic points in my life.”
Not landing a role on the Fox soap might have been a blessing, giving the way his career turned out.
“I don’t want to say I’m grateful for not having landed The O.C., but …”
He raises awareness that acne can be more than just a passing time in a young person’s life.
He hopes people dealing with persistent, long-term skin issues know that it does eventually get better.
"Acne is regarded as this thing; it’s like what you go through as a teenager. It can also be tremendously debilitating and, like, really seriously emotionally incapacitating. Anyone out there who’s experiencing that, I get you. I hear you. I’ve been there. I know it. I know how depressing it can be and the kind of depths of sorrow it can drag you to but there is a brighter day,”
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