John Slattery Says ‘Mad Males’ Co-Star Jon Hamm’s Good Lucks Prompted Folks On Set To ‘Go Catatonic’

It’s no secret that Jon Hamm has been blessed with good lucks, however considered one of his co-stars on “Mad Males” reveals that Hamm’s handsomeness generally grew to become a distraction on the set.

John Slattery, who performed Sterling Cooper senior accomplice Roger Sterling within the collection, tells The Impartial that he’d initially auditioned for Hamm’s function, Don Draper, earlier than being requested to learn for Roger as a substitute.

“They stated, ‘Right here’s the factor – we have now this man’,” recalled Slattery, admitting he was initially irked that he didn’t get the function.

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“[Hamm] claims I used to be in a foul temper the entire time we shot the primary episode due to this, however I don’t assume that’s true. Finally I noticed him, and I used to be like… ‘Oh — they positive do have that man,’” he added.

“When Hamm walked right into a room in that get-up, individuals would simply go catatonic,” he quipped.

“Visitor stars would generally stroll as much as him and their strains would go proper out of their heads. They only wouldn’t know what to do. It occurred on a couple of event,” Slattery stated, noting that Hamm wasn’t the one actor to show heads on the set.

“Christina Hendricks would stroll into the room and folks would s**t themselves — it was superb,” he added.

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A part of that credit score, Slattery admitted, could be attributed to the present’s wardrobe, hair and make-up personnel.

“Nicely… we have been all form of curated,” he stated. “The look of it. I’m not being false humble, both. In that get-up, I definitely seemed totally different to how I do strolling round daily.”