EastEnders' Joel Beckett has revealed that he was a poor sex symbol as he refused to appear semi-nude.
Beckett, who played Jake Moon in the soap, asked producers to rewrite a scene in which he was scripted to appear semi-naked, reports FemaleFirst.co.uk.
He is quoted as saying: "I was supposed to do a scene wearing nothing but a towel the size of a small handkerchief.
"In the end, they let me do it with a T-shirt on. My stomach could definitely do with toning up. No amount of airbrushing could make it look good!"
Just found this on another website. Sob..sob..
Joel you look fine to me. Even if you had a belly I wouldn't mind I love guys with bellies. You obviously haven't seen Ian with his shirt off. I have and if you had you wouldn't worry.
Still I respect Joel's feelings if he doesn't want to show his bod off to the world then fair enough. Perhaps at the end of the day he feels that it is a private thing and that only the "love of his life" should see him semi naked or otherwise. (could even be a bit shy) A lot of other actors feel the same way and don't like showing their bod off either.
Ah well...I'll just have to keep on imagining. I really thought we would see "sex pot" with his shirt off at least and only hoped for the towel (size of a handkechief..wow!! Thought I could only dream about that, I wouldn't be right for days afterwards, my mouth would just hit the floor and stay there.) Part of me thought that Joel wouldn't take his shirt off, don't know why, just a feeling I had. I still kept on hoping though..ah..ah..
Whatever you do Joel don't go all muscley you would spoil those sexy looks and that great bod. We love you just the way you are.
Saw Mickey had his shirt off last night and did anyone notice the builders bum!!
Eastenders are obviously trying to get all the hot stuff to strip.
SAVE JAKE AND DANNY
They are needed and are not violent.
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