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Chris Pine On ‘The O.C. Casting Director Saying He Lost Role Due To “Really Bad Skin”: “The Man Didn’t Have To Talk About It”

Chris Pine shares his thoughts after a casting director for The O.C. said he lost out on a role due to his acne.

: The Oral History, casting director Patrick Rush talked about Pine reading for Ryan Atwood, which eventually went to Ben McKenzie. Pine appeared on the Happy Sad Confused podcast where he was asked about Rush’s comments and said, “It’s a part of my life. Pine said that reminding him about losing the opportunity to star in the Fox series gave him “a little bit of PTSD,” adding, “It’s no fun having bad skin.

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