Chris Pine had a "traumatic" time when he lost a major TV role because of his acne
The 43-year-old actor has suffered problems with his skin over the years and told how he was passed over for the role of Ryan Atwood in 'The O.C.' - which eventually went to Ben McKenzie - because he was experiencing a bad breakout at the time
15 May 2024
Casting director Patrick Rush previously admitted Chris had missed out on being cast, and speaking on the 'Happy Sad Confused' podcast, the actor said: "I mean, it's a part of my life. Look, do I wish... The man didn't have to talk about it. I mean, it's his prerogative.
"I had awful skin as a teenager, and then after college, my skin started breaking out again. I was going out for 'The O.C.' - like a teenage melodrama. I can understand that they wanted to have pretty people doing pretty things, and bad acne is not a key.
"I don't want to say, 'I'm grateful for not having landed.' I'm alright, but it is a little PTSD.
"It was one of the most traumatic points of my life, but it is my story, man."
The 'Dungeons and Dragons: Honour Among Thieves' actor admitted having acne can be "tremendously debilitating" and "emotionally incapacitating" and offered his sympathy to others with skin struggles.
He said: "It's so strange. People talk about obesity - and, obviously, I understand the difficulty of that - or they talk about any sorts of things, and I feel like acne is regarded as this thing of like, 'Oh, it's just like, what you go through as a teenager.' And it can be.
"And it can be kind of just like you get a pimple on your forehead. It can also be tremendously debilitating and really, seriously, emotionally incapacitating, which it was for me.
"So, for anyone out there that is 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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