Jesse Metcalfe landed his big break when he was cast as teenage gardener John Rowland in “Desperate Housewives”, which proved to be his breakthrough role.
In a new interview with Vice’s i-D Magazine, Metcalfe gets candid about the “pressure” of playing a TV sex symbol who was regularly seen onscreen without a shirt. “Being a sex symbol is very much about the roles that you play and my roles put me up on a pedestal,” he said. READ MORE: Jesse Metcalfe Talks Putting His Best Foot Forward In ‘Dancing With The Stars’ “But my appearance was also criticized and picked apart by a lot of people in the media.
Having your shirt off in every episode of ‘Housewives’ brought a lot of pressure,” he added. “You have to stay in the best shape you can
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