At the time there were a handful of hot guys that were willing to be shirtless without a lot of hassle, which fed the soap and mainstream magazines which were incredibly popular and important back then. Marky Mark at the time (early 90’s) wasn’t a great rapper by any stretch, but he had a nice body and some charisma and wasn’t afraid to show it off.
ASJ was on GH during a time where he was featured a lot, shirtless a lot, and he wasn’t just a generic soap hunk. He wasn’t that strong of an actor, but he was good at what they made of Jagger, and in a popular triangle. This was when GH still had some real pop culture pull. His BTS issues at Melrose tanked any momentum he had coming off GH, so it was underwear time. And even then he didn’t have the same impact Mark did. Spelling would have used him again had he not been a nightmare. They also tried repeatedly to make something of Eric Neis at the time too. Those guys did the rounds trying to make hot into a career.
Mark Wahlberg made a lasting acting career out of getting that role in Boogie Nights. He made films before that, but it was that one that gave him a career. He had some talent and ended up in the right projects several times, extending his ability to keep getting cast in films. Even later in his career his small part in Date Night kind of moved him into comedy films. He’s a despicable person, but so is ASJ.
Bergin’s modeling, much like Jagger on GH and Jason Patrick in the Lost Boys were major parts of my teenage gay awareness!
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titan1978 ·
