Sam Claflin Looks Back On Making A Name For Himself As The Shirtless Hunk
etcanada.comSam Claflin reflects on making a name for himself as the shirtless hunk in a new interview with GQ Hype. The actor, who is now starring in Prime Video’s “Daisy Jones & The Six”, knows he spent years appealing to a certain audience.
The magazine points out, “If your sister fancied a blond character in a movie between 2011 and 2016, there is an approximately 40 per cent chance it was Sam Claflin.” Claflin responds, “I think I was on the ‘upcoming hot under-30-year-olds list’ for like ten years and I was like, ‘I’m still not coming.’ “A lot of guys recognize me because their girlfriends have forced them to watch something I’m in.” He then talks about taking on darker roles, but now recognizes that’s not for him.
Claflin tells the mag, “I went through a stage of desperately vying for an Oscar but doing things that were really not me. Physically, emotionally transforming myself. [‘The Nightingale’] was too far the other way.
I think that was the turning point in my life. I don’t think I could do that again.” READ MORE: ‘Daisy Jones & The Six’: How Riley Keough And Sam Claflin’s ‘Emotionally Charged’ Overdose Scene Set Their Characters On ‘A Different Trajectory’ Elsewhere in the chat, the star discusses having zero musical ability when going for the role of Billy Dunne in “Daisy Jones”.
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